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The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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brk verb D
brk vb. a/a(u) to bow; D to bless

G

1 to bow BA-Da, CPA, Syr, Man.
2 (knee) to bend Syr. ▶ more

--(a) to crouch down Syr.
3 to bless, sanctify through blessing Syr, Man. ▶ more

--(a) p.p. : see s.v. bryk adj. .

D

1 to bless Com. ▶ more

--(a) to praise ( God or another divinity) Com.

--(b) to call down divinity's blessing upon (person) Com.

--(c) p.p. : praiseworthy (of God as opposed to "blessed" of people, which uses the G in this dialect) Syr.

--(d) to congratulate Syr.
2 to recite a benediction Gal.
3 to provide in abundance JLAtg.
4 euph.: to curse JBA.

C

1 to bow the knee Syr.
2 to prostrate someone Syr. ▶ more

--(a) to make an animal crouch down Sam, Syr.

Dt

1 to be blessed JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Sam, Syr, JBA, LJLA. ▶ more

--(a) to be consecrated Syr.