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brk (a/a[u]) vb. to bow; D to bless
GDCDt
Gpəˁalto bow3 senses▶
1
to bow
BADan, CPA, Syr, Man
Dan 6:11↗ זִמְנִין תְּלָתָה בְיוֹמָא הוּא בָּרֵךְ עַל־בִּרְכוֹהִי וּמְצַלֵּא‏ : three times a day he would bow down on his knees and pray ; P Ju5:27↗ ܒܪܟ ܘܢܦܠ ܘܫܟܒ‏ ; P Ps22:30↗ ܘܩܕܡܘܗܝ ܢܒܪܟܘܢ ܟܠ ܢܚ̈ܬܝ ܥܦܪܐ‏ ; P Esth3:2↗ ܠܐ ܒܪܟ ܗܘܐ ܘܣ݁ܓ݂ܕ‏
2
(knee) to bend
Syr
P 1K(1)19:18↗ ܟܠ ܒܘܪ̈ܟܐ ܕܠܐ ܒܪܟܘ ܠܒܥܠܐ‏ : every knee that did not bend to Baal
(1)
to crouch down
Syr
IshGen 169:15↗ ܒܪ̈ܟܢ ܗܘ̈ܝ ܘܠܐ ܝܠ̈ܕܢ ܗܘ̈ܝ‏ : they would crouch down (in labor) but not give birth
3
to bless, sanctify through blessing
Syr, Man
P Gn27:29↗ ܘܒܪ̈ܟܝܟ ܒܪ̈ܝܟܝܢ‏ : those who bless(? or submit to?) you shall be blessed ; P Num22:6↗ ܡܛܠ ܕܝܕܥ ܐܢܐ ܕܠܡ݁ܢ ܕܒܪܟ ܐܢܬ ܒܪܝܟ ܗܘ‏ ; ATS 2.6:2375↗ kul man ḏbimanda nibnia umasqata umiša bgauẖ nibrak : whoever builds a cult-hut and sanctifies sacraments and oil in it
(1)
p.p. : see s.v. bryk adj.
Dpaˁˁelto bless4 senses▶
1
to bless
Common Aramaic
PAT2114:1.1↗ bl ybrk lbny tmy : may Bel bless PN's children ; TgO Gen2:3↗ וֻבָרֵיך יוי יָת יוֹמָא שְבִיעָאָה‏ : God blessed the seventh day ; CPA Psalms102:2↗ ܒܪܟܝ ܢܦܫܝ ܠܡܪܐ‏ ; SamTgJ Gen12:2↗ text not cited ; P Gn1:22↗ ܘܒ݁ܪܟ ܐܢܘܢ ܐܠܗܐ‏ ; P Mk14:23↗ ܘܲܐܘܕܼ݁ܝ ܘܒ݂ܲܪܸܟ݂‏ ; BT Ber 7a(16)↗ דניאל דברכיה דריוש מלכא‏ : Daniel whom Darius, the king, blessed
(1)
to praise ( God or another divinity)
Common Aramaic
Dan 2:19↗ אאֱדַיִן דָּנִיֵּאל בָּרִךְ לֶאֱלָהּ שְׁמַיָּא‏ : then Daniel blessed the God of Heaven
(2)
to call down divinity's blessing upon (person)
Common Aramaic
BT Ber 53b(42)↗ חטוף ובריך‏ : recite the blessing (of grace after meals) quickly [i.e. before another does it]
(3)
p.p. : praiseworthy (of God as opposed to "blessed" of people, which uses the G in this dialect)
Syr
(4)
to congratulate
Syr
LSt.114:12↗ ܒܪܟܘ ܠܗ ܫܒܒ̈ܘܗܝ‏
2
to recite a benediction
Gal
PTBer 10.c:24[2]↗ חמתהון נסבין זיתא ומברכין לפניו ולאחריו‏ : he saw them take an olive and bless before and after it
3
to provide in abundance
JLAtg
TgJ Joel2:19↗ הָאֲנָא מְבָרֵיך לְכוֹן עֲבוּרָא וְחַמרָא וֻמִשחָא‏ : I am going to provide you with grain, wine, and oil in abundance
4
euph.: to curse
JBA
BT San 56a(11)↗ ומימאי דהאי ניקוב לישאנא דברוכי הוא‏ : whence is it that ניקוב (see Lev. 24:16) is a term of cursing?
Cˀafˁelto bow the knee2 senses▶
1
to bow the knee
Syr
2
to prostrate someone
Syr
P Ps17:13↗ ܩܘܡ ܡܪܝܐ ܩܕܡ ܐ̈ܦܝܗܘܢ ܘܐܒܪܟ ܐܢܘܢ‏ : stand Lord before their faces and make them bow down ; P Ps18:40↗ ܬܒܪܟ ܠܕܩܝܡܝܢ ܥܠܝ ܬܚܘܬܝ‏ : You will make those who stand against me bow down beneath me
(1)
to make an animal crouch down
Sam, Syr
SamTgJ Gen24:11↗ ואברך גמליה מלבר לקרתה‏
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto be blessed1 sense▶
1
to be blessed
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Sam, Syr, JBA, LJLA
TgO Gen12:3↗ וְיִתבָרְכֻן בְדִילָך כֹל זַרעֲיָת ארעא‏ : all the families of the earth shall be blessed on your account ; TN Lev22:27↗ גברה מדנחייה דבסיבותיה אתברך בכולה‏ : the eastern man who was blessed with everything in his old age ; AGnEx 5.11↗ ܐܒܪܗܡ܂ ܕܐܬܒܪܟ ܡ݂ܢ ܡܠܟܝܙܕܩ݂‏ : Abraham, who was blessed by Melchizedek ; P 1Ch17:27↗ ܡܬܒܪܟܝܢ ܒܬܝ̈ܗܘܢ ܕܙܕܝ̈ܩܐ ܠܥܠܡ‏ ; BT Šab 65b(6)↗ נהרא מכיפיה מתבריך‏ : a river is blessed from its banks ; PJ Gen26:4↗ ויתברכון בגין בנך כל עממי ארעא‏ : all the nations of the earth shall be blessed on account of your children
(1)
to be consecrated
Syr
LittmSemInscr 12:2 (31) text not cited
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S. Fassberg, JA 287.2(1999> brings the data for the G and D passive participles. He totally fails to understand the obvious significance of his data, however; (i.e., as regards the subject that is being blessed as opposed to being praised) as is all too often the case in that article.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 189[96]DJPA: 114aDJBA: 246aJastrow: 195Drower/Macuch: 70aPayne-Smith: 610J. Payne-Smith: 55Levy Ch-W: 1:115Tal Sam: 116DNWSI: 198DCPA[Schulthess]: 63[31]Qumran: 39

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