Word Study · Strong's H1289 · Hebrew
בְּרַךְ
berak
ber-ak'
Strong's 1890 spelling: bᵉrak
“{to kneel”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
{to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)}
Rendered in the KJV as
bless, kneel.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- בְּרִ֤יךְ1
- בָּרִ֖ךְ1
- בָּרֵ֣ךְ1
- בָּרְכֵ֔ת1
- מְבָרַ֔ךְ1
How it is rendered · 4
- [be] blessed2
- [was] kneeling1
- he blessed1
- I blessed1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 1st person common singular1
- verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular1
- verb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1
- verb · passive (qal passive), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1
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- AVpp1cs · 1
- AVpp3ms · 1
- AVprmsa · 1
- AVqrmsa · 1
- AVQrmsa · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Daniel5 occurrences
- Daniel 2:19בָּרִ֖ךְbarikhverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularDuring the night, the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision, and he blessed the God of heavenhere: he blessed
- Daniel 2:20מְבָרַ֔ךְmevarakhverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularand declared: “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, for wisdom and power belong to Him.here: [be] blessed
- Daniel 3:28בְּרִ֤יךְberikhverb · passive (qal passive), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularNebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.here: [be] blessed
- Daniel 4:34בָּרְכֵ֔תbarekhetverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 1st person common singularBut at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.here: I blessed
- Daniel 6:10בָּרֵ֣ךְbarekhverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularNow when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.here: [was] kneeling