ברך
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Aramaic[edit]
Verb[edit]
בְּרַךְ • (bəraḵ)
- to kneel, to bow
- Tanach, 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[edit]
בָּרֵךְ • (bārēḵ)
- to bless
- Tanach, 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.
Hebrew[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Root |
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ב־ר־ך (b-r-k) |
From Proto-Semitic *birk-, *bark- (“knee”).
Noun[edit]
בֶּרֶךְ • (bérekh) f (plural indefinite ברכיים / בִּרְכַּיִם) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
- (anatomy) knee
- (in the plural) lap
- הוא ישב על הברכיים שלה. ― hu yasháv al habirkáyim shelá. ― He sat on her lap.
Verb[edit]
בָּרַךְ • (barákh) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)
- (He/it) kneeled
- Tanach, 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.
- Tanach, 2 Chronicles 6:13, with translation of the King James Version:
- וַיִּבְרַךְ עַל בִּרְכָּיו
- vayivrákh al birkáv
- and kneeled down upon his knees
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
בֵּרֵךְ / בֵּרַךְ • (berékh, berákh) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)
Verb[edit]
בורך / בֹּרַךְ • (borakh) third-singular masculine past (pu'al construction)
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