ברך

Aramaic

Verb

בְּרַךְ • (bəraḵ)

1. to kneel, to bow
   • Tanach, Daniel 6:11:

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     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
   • Tanach, Daniel 2:19:

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     אֱדַיִן דָּנִיֵּאל בָּרִךְ לֶאֱלָהּ שְׁמַיָּא

     ʾĕḏáyin dāniyyēl bāriḵ leʾĕlāh šəmayyā

     Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

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Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ב־ר־ך (b-r-k)

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

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.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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

Verb

בָּרַךְ • (barákh) (pa'al construction)

1. (He/it) kneeled
   • Tanach, Psalms 95:6:

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     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:

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     וַיִּבְרַךְ עַל בִּרְכָּיו

     vayivrákh al birkáv

     and kneeled down upon his knees

References

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

Anagrams

• ר־כ־ב, רכב