1) to bless, kneel

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to kneel

1a2) to bless

1b) (Niphal) to be blessed, bless oneself

1c) (Piel) to bless

1d) (Pual) to be blessed, be adored

1e) (Hiphil) to cause to kneel

1f) (Hithpael) to bless oneself

2) (TWOT) to praise, salute, curse

Aramaic equivalent: be.rakh (בְּרַךְ "to bless" H1289)

Root √ברך: בָּרַךְ vb kneel bless Qal kneel down bless Niph bless oneself . Pi bless God , adore with bended knees God blesses men bless men salute greet . with an invocation of blessing bless curse , with the antithetical meaningfrom 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 . Pu to be blessed adored pass. prospered by God have prosperity invoked , by Balaam in gratitude . Hiph and he made his camel kneel . Hithp bless oneself . congratulate oneself in his heart 329.

בָּרַךְ vb kneel bless Qal kneel down bless Niph bless oneself . Pi bless God , adore with bended knees God blesses men bless men salute greet . with an invocation of blessing bless curse , with the antithetical meaningfrom 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 . Pu to be blessed adored pass. prospered by God have prosperity invoked , by Balaam in gratitude . Hiph and he made his camel kneel . Hithp bless oneself . congratulate oneself in his heart 329.