be.ri.ah is used as a personal name in birth accounts and genealogical lists.

The supplied passages use the term as a proper personal name, chiefly in genealogical statements naming sons, fathers, and clan ancestry; 1 Chronicles 7:23 also places it in a birth and naming account.

1. Personal name in family records · dominant

   The form is tagged Noun · Proper throughout. In Genesis 46:17 and Numbers 26:44 the APB places it among Asher's sons, while Genesis 46:17, Numbers 26:45, and 1 Chronicles 7:31 name Heber and Malchiel as its sons. In 1 Chronicles 7:23 the APB renders a birth narrative in which a son is given this name, with distress upon the house stated as the reason for the naming.

   Genesis 46:17Numbers 26:44Numbers 26:451 Chronicles 7:231 Chronicles 7:311 Chronicles 23:10

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently presents the proper name as “Beriah” in genealogical lists and in the birth account. Its surrounding wording does not establish further lexical nuances for the term.