- blessing
STEPBible TBESH
1) blessing
2) (source of) blessing
3) blessing, prosperity
4) blessing, praise of God
5) a gift, present
6) treaty of peace
BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
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.
בְּרָכָה n.f blessing blessing source of blessing blessing prosperity , blessing praise of God , a gift present , treaty of peace .