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bē̇-rı̄´a, bē̇-rı̄´ı̄ts (בּריעה, berı̄‛āh, “in shouting,†probably derived from a Hebrew root meaning “to make noise,†or “in evil,†from another Hebrew root):
(1) A son of Asher and father of Heber and Malchiel (; , ; the head of the family of the Beriites, ).
(2) A son of Ephraim, called Beriah by his father because “it went evil with his house†().
(3) A descendant of Benjamin (, ).
(4) A Levite in the line of Gershon ( f).