The valley consecrated — gathering to praise — 'On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah, for there they blessed the LORD. Therefore the name of that place has been called the Valley of Beracah to this day' (ביום הרביעי נקבצו לגיא ברכה כי שם ברכו את יהוה על כן קרא שם המקום הוא גיא ברכה עד היום הזה). The 'Valley of Beracah' (גיא ברכה, Valley of Blessing) is an etiological place name; the Chronicler explains the valley's name through this event. The verb ברך (bless) appears twice — they 'blessed' (ברכו) the LORD, and the place is called 'Beracah' (Blessing, from the same root). This wordplay creates a permanent theological geography — the place of deliverance becomes a place of perpetual blessing and thanksgiving. The phrase 'to this day' (עד היום הזה) invokes oral tradition and the connection between past redemptive event and present commemoration. Sacred geography embodies covenant theology.

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