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brkh, brktˀ (be/urkā, be/urkəṯā) n.f. blessing
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blessing
Common Aramaic
4QTQah 1,2:3↗ ברכת עלמא ישכונן עליכון‏ : eternal blessings shall rest upon you ; TgO Gen27:12↗ לְוָטִין וְלָא בִרכָן‏ : blessings and not curses ; TgO Gen27:36↗ הֲלָא שְבַקת לִי בִרכָא‏ ; ComLifeAbbaIs 1:9 ܕܘܟܪܢܗ ܠܒܘܪܟܬܐ‏ : may his memory be for a blessing (i.e., the late, lamented one) ; AphDem5.80:13↗ ܝܥܩܘܒ ܩܒܠ ܒܘܟܪܘܬܗ ܘܒܘܪ̈ܟܬܗ ܕܥܣܘ‏ ; P Gn27:36↗ ܠܝ ܠܐ ܫܒ݂ܩܬ ܒܘܪܟܬܐ‏ : did you not leave a blessing for me? ; P Dt11:26↗ ܒܘܪ̈ܟܬܐ ܘܠܘ̈ܛܬܐ‏ ; BT MQ 9b(27)↗ ברכך ברכתא דברכינהו קדשא ב׳ה לישראל‏ : he blessed you with the blessing with which God blessed the Jews
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benediction
Gal, Syr, JBA
PTBer 11.c:7[2]↗ מפקא ית{י}ך ידי חובתך בברכתה‏ : to fulfill your obligation with the benediction ; ThMarg 1:145:2 ܒܘ݂ܝ̈ܵܐܹܐ ܘܒܘܪ̈ܟܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܥܠ ܐܵܬ݂ܘ̈ܬ݂ܵܐ‏ : consolatory discourses and benedictions (structured) on the letters
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for ברכת מזונא : grace after meals
JBA
BT Ber 43a(2)↗ text not cited ; BT Ber 50a(37)↗ וניפקו כולהו בברכתא דריש גלות‏ : let them all fulfill their obligation with the exilarch's grace
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metaph. : bounty, gift
JLAtg, PTA, CPA, Syr
TgJ Hos6:3↗ וְיַיתֵי בִרכָן לַנָא כִמטַר מְגַבַר וֻכלַקִישָא דִמרַוֵי אַרעָא‏ ; GT E Gen39:5↗ והווה ברכתה דה׳ בכל מה דהווה ליה בבייתה ובאפי ברה‏ : the Lord's bounty was in everything in his home and on his field ; P 2K5:15↗ ܣܒ ܒܘܪܟܬܐ ܗܕܐ ܡܢ ܥܒܕܟ‏
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sacred relic
Syr
Am7 179:14↗ ܐܝܟܐ ܕܐܝܬ ܬܡܢ ܒܘܪܟܬܐ ܡܢ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܝܘܚܢܢ ܡܥܡܕܢܐ‏ : (the chapel) wherein there is a relic of Saint John the Baptist ; JARS<sup>3</sup> 71:17 ܟܕ ܢܣܒܘ ܐܒܗܝ̈ܢ ܠܩܘܣܛܢܛܝܢܦܘܠܝܣ ܘܒܙܘܗ݀ ܠܐܘܪܫܠܡ܃ ܐܝܬܝܘ ܠܗܠܝܢ ܒܘ݂ܪ̈ܟܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܡܸܢܵܗ݀‏ : when our fathers took Constantinople and despoiled Jerusalem, they brought these relics [the Crown of Thorns and a piece of the Cross] from it
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Syr. ܒܘܪܟܬܐ‏, Mand. brkta, birikta, burukta
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 189[96]DJPA: 114bDJBA: 246bJastrow: 196Drower/Macuch: 50b, 63a, 62b,Payne-Smith: 614Levy Ch-W: 1:116Tal Sam: 116DNWSI: 202DCPA[Schulthess]: 63[31b]Qumran: 39

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