Lexicon / H1290
בֶּ֫רֶךְ
be.rekh
  • knee

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: knee

1) knee

2) weak from fear (fig.)

Aramaic equivalent: be.rekh (בְּרַךְ "knee" H1291)

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: knee

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.

בֶ֫רךְ n.f knee .