1 Chronicles 7:23

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּבֹא֙ אֶל־אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ וַתַּ֖הַר וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֑ן וַיִּקְרָ֤א אֶת־שְׁמוֹ֙ בְּרִיעָ֔ה כִּ֥י בְרָעָ֖ה הָיְתָ֥ה בְּבֵיתֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

And wayyābōʾ [he went] to his ʾištô [wife], and wattahar [she conceived] and wattēled [bore] bēn [son]; and wayyiqrāʾ [he called] ʾet-šəmô [his name] Bərîʿâ [Beriah], for in bərāʿâ [evil/misfortune] hāyətâ [it was] in his bêtô [house].

Grammar Details

*wa-*: conjunction - and
*yyābōʾ*: verb, Qal imperfect consecutive 3rd person masculine singular - he went/came
*ʾel*: preposition - to
*ʾištô*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his wife
*ttahar*: verb, Qal imperfect consecutive 3rd person feminine singular - she conceived
*ttēled*: verb, Qal imperfect consecutive 3rd person feminine singular - she bore
*bēn*: noun, masculine singular - son
*yyiqrāʾ*: verb, Qal imperfect consecutive 3rd person masculine singular - he called
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*šəmô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his name
*Bərîʿâ*: proper name, masculine
*kî*: conjunction - for, because
*bə-*: preposition - in
*rāʿâ*: noun, feminine singular - evil, misfortune
*hāyətâ*: verb, Qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular - she/it was
*bêtô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his house

Word Meanings

*wayyābōʾ*: he went, he came, he came in to (euphemism for sexual relations)
*ʾištô*: his wife, his woman
*wattahar*: she conceived, she became pregnant
*wattēled*: she bore, she gave birth to
*wayyiqrāʾ*: he called, he named
*Bərîʿâ*: name meaning 'trouble' or 'in evil'
*bərāʿâ*: in evil, in misfortune, in calamity
*hāyətâ*: it was, it happened
*bêtô*: his house, his household, his family

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 23:5 : 5 Verily my house is not so with God; Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, Ordered in all things, and sure: For it is all my salvation, and all [my] desire, Although he maketh it not to grow.

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