ברך

ברך

Aramaic

Verb

בְּרַךְ • (bəraḵ)

1. to kneel, to bow
   • Daniel 6:11, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏וְזִמְנִין תְּלָתָה בְיוֹמָא הוּא בָּרֵךְ עַל־בִּרְכוֹהִי וּמְצַלֵּא וּמוֹדֵא קֳדָם אֱלָהֵהּ‎

     wəzimnīn təlāṯā bəyōmā hū bārēḵ ʿal-birḵṓhī ūməṣallē ūmōḏē qŏḏām ʾĕlāhēh

     and he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God

Verb

בָּרֵךְ • (bārēḵ)

1. to bless
   • Daniel 2:19, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏אֱדַיִן דָּנִיֵּאל בָּרִךְ לֶאֱלָהּ שְׁמַיָּא‎

     ʾĕḏáyin dāniyyēl bāriḵ leʾĕlāh šəmayyā

     Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

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Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ב־ר־ך‎

From Proto-Semitic *birk-, *bark- (“knee”).

Verb

בֵּרֵךְ \\ בֵּרַךְ • (berékh, berákh) (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of בירך‎

Verb

בורך \\ בֹּרַךְ • (borakh) (pu'al construction)

1. defective spelling of בורך‎

Related terms

• בְּרָכָה‎

Verb

בָּרַךְ • (barákh) (pa'al construction)

1. (He/it) kneeled
   • Psalms 95:6, with translation of the King James Version:

     ‏בֹּאוּ נִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה וְנִכְרָעָה נִבְרְכָה לִפְנֵי יהוה עֹשֵׂנוּ‎

     bóu nishtakhavé v'nikhraá nivr'khá lifné YHVH osénu

     O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.

   • 2 Chronicles 6:13, with translation of the King James Version:

     ‏וַיִּבְרַךְ עַל בִּרְכָּיו‎

     vayivrákh al birkáv

     and kneeled down upon his knees

Noun

בֶּרֶךְ • (bérekh) f (plural indefinite ברכיים \\ בִּרְכַּיִם‎) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. (anatomy) knee
2. (in the plural) lap

   ‏הוא ישב על הברכיים שלה.‎‎ ― hu yasháv al habirkáyim shelá. ― He sat on her lap.

References

• H1288 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

Anagrams

• ר־כ־ב‎, רכב‎