(
ruknatun
)
)
Is 45:2
3; du.
בִּרְכַּיִם
Jb 3:12
+
10 times;
sf.
בִּרְכַּי
etc.
Gn 30:3
+
11 times;—
knee, knees:
מים ברכים
water reaching to the knees
Ez 47:4
;
וַתְּנִיעֵנִי על ברכי
Dn 10:1
0;
הברכים יַכְּכָה בשׁחין רע על
Dt 28:3
5;
כרע על ברכים
kneel on knees
in worship
1 K 8:54 Ezr 9:5
cf.
Is 45:23 1 K 19:18 2 Ch 6:13
, in entreaty
2 K 1:13
, to drink of a fountain
Ju 7:5
,
6
;
שׂם פניו בין ברכיו
put his face between his knees
in prayer
1 K 18:42
;
על ברכים
upon the knees
,
Gn 30:3
(
E
; on
תֵּלֵד עַל ב׳
v.
Ploss
Das Weib Aufl. 2. ii. 180 ff.
Sta
ZAW 1886, 143
ff.
)
50:23
(
E
)
Jb 3:12 Ju 16:19 2 K 4:20 Is 6:1
2;
הוציא מעם ברכים
Gn 48:12
(
E
); knees as seat of strength, weak from terror
Jb 4:4 Is 35:3 Ez 7:1
7;
21:12 Na 2:1
1; or fasting
ψ 109:24
.
• I . בִּרָכָה n.f. blessing ( Arabic بَرَكَةٌ (barakatun ); Ethiopic ˜˜˜˜ ( barakat ) Aramaic בִּרְכָּא , ܒܽܘܪܟܬܳܐ ( burkto ); NH as Heb. ) — ב׳ Gn 12:2 + 39 times; cstr. בִּרְכַּת Gn 28:4 + 9 times; sf. בִּרְכָתֹו Gn 49:28 + 7 times; pl. בְּרָכֹות ψ 21:7 + 4 times; cstr. בִּרְכֹות , בִּרְכֹת Gn 49:25 + 5 times; sf. בִּרְכֹותֵיכֶם Mal 2: 2;— 1. blessing: a. of parent Gn 27:12–4 1; 49:28 (JE), of Moses Dt 33:1 . b. of God Ex 32:29 ( E ) Lv 25:21 ( P ) Dt 11:26 , 27 , 29 ; 23:6 ( = Ne 13:2 ) 28:2 , 8 ; 30:1 , 19 Jos 8:34 ( D ) 2 S 7:29 ψ 3:9 ; 21:4 ; 133:3 Is 44:3 Ez
34:26 ; 44:30 Jo 2:14 Mal 3:1 0; ברכת יהוה Gn 39:5 ( J ) Dt 12:15 ; 16:17 ; 33:23 ψ 129:8 Pr 10:2 2; ברכה מאת י׳ ψ 24:5 ; ברכת אברהם Gn 28:4 ( P ), the blessing given to Abraham. c. of the people , in recognition of good men ψ 109:17 Pr 10:1 6;
11:26 ; 24:25 ; 28:20 . d. of a poor man , in recognition of benefits Jb 29:13 . 2. source of blessing: Abraham Gn 12:2 ( J ); Israel Is 19:24 Ez 34:26 Zc 8:1 3; seed of the righteous ψ 37:26 ; the king ψ 21:7 ; memory of the righteous Pr 10:7 ; new
wine
Is 65:8
.
3.
blessing, prosperity:
בברכת ישׁרים
by the prosperity of the upright
(the city is exalted)
Pr 11:11
;
מורה גם ברכות יעטה
yea, the early rain covereth with blessings
ψ 84:7
cf.
Gn 49:2
5,
26
;
וארותי את ברכותיכם
and I will
TWOT
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
.
GK
Goodrick/Kohlenberger numbering system of the
NIV Exhaustive Condordance
.
n.
nomen
, noun.
sf.
suffix,
or
with suffix.
v.
vide
, see.
Sta
B. Stade.
ZAW
Z. f. alttest. Wissenschaft
.
NH
New (Late) Hebrew.
Heb.
Hebrew.
cstr.
construct.
pl.
plural.
D Deuteronomist in Dt., in other books Deuteronomic author or redactor.