† [
בָּרַךְ]
329 verb kneel, bless (Late Hebrew
id.; Arabic
بَركَ; Ethiopic
በረከ፡ Aramaic
H1289 בְּרֵךְ Kerb (
praise), Palmyrene especially in
בריך שמו לעלמא Vog
Palm. 74 ff. compare 94, 144) —
Qal Imperfect יִבְּרַךְ 2 Chronicles 6:13;
נִבְרְכָה Psalm 95:6;
בָּרוֺךְ (see
Pi.);
Passive participle בָּרוּךְ Genesis 9:26 +
70 times; —
1. kneel down (so Arabic, Syriac, Ethiopic):
וַיִּבְרַךְ עַל־בִּרְכָּיו and he kneeled upon his knees 2 Chronicles 6:13;
נִבְרְכָה לפני י׳ let us kneel before Yahweh Psalm 95:6.
2. bless (only passive participle).
Niph. Perfect נִבְרְכוּ Genesis 12:3;
Genesis 18:18;
Genesis 28:14 (J)
bless oneself (compare
Hithp.).
Pi. 233 Perfect בֵּרַךְ Genesis 24:1 +
29 times;
בֵּרֵךְ Psalm 10:3;
Numbers 23:20;
בֵּרְכוּ 2 Chronicles 20:26;
וּבֵרֲכוּ Job 1:5; suffix
בֵּרֲכוֺ,
בֵּרֲכַּנִי, etc.,
Genesis 27:27 +
5 times;
בֵּרַכְךָ Deuteronomy 2:7 +
9 times;
Imperfect יְבָרֵךְ,
וַיְּבֶ֫רֶךְ etc.,
Genesis 28:3 +
52 times;
אֲבָֽרֲכָה Genesis 12:3 +
2 times; plural
יְבָֽרֲכוּ Genesis 24:60 +
11 times; suffix
יְבָרֶכְךָ Genesis 27:10 +
21 times;
יְבָֽרֲכֶךָּ Genesis 49:25 +
2 times;
יְבָֽרֲכֵהוּ Genesis 14:19 +
16 times;
יְבָֽרֲכֵם Genesis 48:20 +
6 times;
אֲבָרֶכְכָה Genesis 27:7;
תְּבָֽרֲכַּ נִּי Genesis 27:19,
31;
יְבָֽרֲכֶנְהוּ Psalm 72:15;
יְבָֽרֲכוּכָה Psalm 145:10;
Imperative בָּרֵךְ Deuteronomy 33:11 +
29 times;
Infinitive construct
בָּרֵךְ Genesis 22:17 +
24 times;
Infinitive absolute
בָּרוֺךְ Joshua 24:10 (Ki, compare Kö
i. 191, Ew
§ 240 b, 2 Ol Sta);
Participle מְבָרֵךְ Proverbs 27:14 +
4 times; —
2. God blesses
a. men: absolute
Numbers 23:20 (E)
Psalm 109:28; with accusative
Genesis 32:27 [
Genesis 32:26];
Genesis 32:30 [
Genesis 32:29];
Genesis 48:16;
Exodus 20:24;
Numbers 24:1;
Joshua 24:10 (E)
Genesis 12:2,
3;
Genesis 22:17;
Genesis 24:1,
35;
Genesis 26:12;
Genesis 30:27,
30;
Genesis 39:5;
Genesis 49:25;
Joshua 17:14 (J)
Genesis 1:22,
28;
Genesis 5:2;
Genesis 9:1;
Genesis 17:16,
20;
Genesis 25:11;
Genesis 26:3,
24;
Genesis 28:3;
Genesis 35:9;
Genesis 48:3;
Numbers 6:24,
27 (P)
Deuteronomy 1:11;
Deuteronomy 2:7;
Deuteronomy 7:13;
Deuteronomy 12:7;
Deuteronomy 14:24,
29;
Deuteronomy 15:4,
6,
10,
14,
18;
Deuteronomy 16:10,
15;
Deuteronomy 23:21;
Deuteronomy 24:13,
19;
Deuteronomy 26:15;
Deuteronomy 28:8;
Deuteronomy 30:16;
Judges 13:24;
2 Samuel 6:11,
12;
2 Samuel 7:29;
1 Chronicles 4:10;
1 Chronicles 13:14;
1 Chronicles 17:27;
1 Chronicles 26:5;
2 Chronicles 31:10;
Nehemiah 8:6;
Ruth 2:4;
Job 42:12; Psalm 5:13;
Psalm 28:9;
Psalm 29:11;
Psalm 45:3;
Psalm 67:2;
Psalm 67:7; Psalm 67:8;
Psalm 107:38;
Psalm 115:12;
Psalm 115:13;
Psalm 128:5;
Psalm 134:3;
Psalm 147:13;
Proverbs 3:33;
Isaiah 19:25;
Isaiah 51:2;
Isaiah 61:9;
Jeremiah 31:23;
Haggai 2:19,
4. salute, greet, with an invocation of blessing (stronger than
שׁלום):
בך יברך ישׂראל with thee will Israel bless Genesis 48:20 (E).
5. bless, with the antithetical meaning
curse (Thes) from the greeting in departing, saying adieu to, taking leave of; but rather a blessing overdone and so really a curse as in vulgar English as well as in the Shemitic cognates:
1 Kings 21:10,
13;
Job 1:5,
11;
Job 2:5,
9;
Psalm 10:3.
Pu. Imperfect יְבֹרַךְ 2 Samuel 7:29 +
3 times;
תְּבֹרַךְ Judges 5:24;
Proverbs 20:21;
Participle מְבֹרָךְ Numbers 22:6 +
3 times; feminine
מְבֹרֶכֶת Deuteronomy 33:13;
מְבֹרָכָיו Psalm 37:22; —
2. prospered by God:
Hiph. וַיַּבְרֵךְ חַגְּמַלִּים and he made his camels kneel Genesis 24:11 (J).
Hithp. הִתְבָּרֵךְ Deuteronomy 29:18 +
3 times;
Imperfect יִתְבָּרֵךְ Isaiah 65:16;
Psalm 72:17;
Participle מִתְבָּרֵךְ Isaiah 65:16; —
bless oneself, congratulate onself
בלבבו in his heart
Deuteronomy 29:18;
בזרעך with or by (compare
בְּ III.
2. d) thy seed (invoke for oneself the blessing of the see of Abraham)
Genesis 22:18;
Genesis 26:4 (J); by the Messianic king
Psalm 72:17;
באלהי אמן Isaiah 65:16; by
י׳ Jeremiah 4:2.
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