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brk, brkˀ, bwrkˀ (bŭroḵ, bu/irkā) n.f. knee
1
(anat.) knee
Common Aramaic
NTA.2:6↗ mn | ˁl | mn | ythpk | mnh | zhb | ˁl | brky | ˀšr | nnwh | yšm : whoever reneges against the other shall place a mina of gold on the knees of Asshur of Nineveh ; Dan 6:11↗ וְזִמְנִין תְּלָתָה בְיוֹמָא הוּא בָּרֵךְ עַל־בִּרְכוֹהִי וּמְצַלֵּא‏ : three times a day he would kneel down upon his knees and pray ; GenApoc 10.8↗ ٠٠٠] ך ברכא ٠٠٠‏ ; TgJ Is45:23↗ אְרֵי קְֹדָמַי תִכרַע כָל בַרַך תְקַיֵים כָל לִישָן‏ : for before me every knee shall bend every tongue shall affirm ; SamTgJ Deut28:35↗ שחן ביש על ברכיה ועל שאקיה דלא תכל למתסאה‏ : a severe skin eruption on the knees and legs that cannot be healed ; P 1K(1)19:18↗ ܟܠ ܒܘܪ̈ܟܐ ܕܠܐ ܒܪܟܘ ܠܒܥܠܐ‏ ; Phil2:10↗ ܟ݁ܽܠ ܒ݁ܪܘ݂ܟ݂ ܬܸ݁ܟ݁ܘ݂ܦ݂‏ : every knee should bend ; JBABowl 115.1:7↗ דעל אפה נפלא ובבירכה רכנא‏ : who falls on her face and bends over on her knees ; GY 337:12↗ alma lburkai qamit bmia : I stood in the water up to my knees ; TgIIChron 6:13↗ וכרע על ברכוי כל קבל כל קהלא‏
(1)
w. swm : to kneel
Syr
JnNhel 103(30)↗ ܣܡ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܡܪܝ ܝܘܚܢܢ ܒܘܪܟܐ ܬܟܝܠܐܝܬ‏ : sainted PN knelt down confidently
(2)
kneeling
Syr
IAB 480:15 ܗܟܢܐ ܐܢ ܐܢܫ ܢܲܗܡܹܐ܃ ܡ݂ܢ ܒܘ݂ܪܟܵܐ ܘܡ݂ܢ ܒܥܘܬܵܐ‏ : thus if a person avoids kneeling and prayer
2
knee shaped object
(1)
fig.: knee-shaped middle piece of a plow
Syr, JBAg
GC 60:1 בורכא בארמית‏
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JLAtg. Sg.: abs.: בַרַך ; emph. JBA בירכא ; dual: BA: בִּרְכוֹהִי PTA: בָּרְכַּיּין ; Syr. abs.:ܒܪܘܟ‏;
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See also s.v. ˀrkwbh.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 131[96]DJPA: 114aDJBA: 206aJastrow: 195Drower/Macuch: 57bPayne-Smith: 613J. Payne-Smith: 39Levy Ch-W: 1:115DNWSI: 202
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