{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H1272",
  "lemma": "בָּרַח",
  "transliteration": "bârach",
  "definition": "to bolt, i.e. figuratively, to flee suddenly",
  "kjv": "chase (away); drive away, fain, flee (away), put to flight, make haste, reach, run…",
  "occurrences": 65,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "בָּרַח vb. go through, flee",
    "Qal",
    "1. go or pass through, of bar",
    "2. flee",
    "3. flee = hasten, come quickly",
    "Hiph.",
    "1. pass through",
    "2. cause to flee, put to flight"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 16:6",
      "text": "But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your maid is in your hand. Do to her whatever is good in your eyes.” Sarai dealt…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/16?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 16:8",
      "text": "He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s servant, where did you come from? Where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from the face…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/16?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 27:43",
      "text": "Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban, my brother, in Haran.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/27?v=43"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 31:20",
      "text": "Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he didn’t tell him that he was running away.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/31?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 31:21",
      "text": "So he fled with all that he had. He rose up, passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/31?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 31:22",
      "text": "Laban was told on the third day that Jacob had fled.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/31?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 31:27",
      "text": "Why did you flee secretly, and deceive me, and didn’t tell me, that I might have sent you away with mirth and with…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/31?v=27"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 35:1",
      "text": "God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/35?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 35:7",
      "text": "He built an altar there, and called the place El Beth El; because there God was revealed to him, when he fled from the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/35?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 2:15",
      "text": "Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and lived in the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/2?v=15"
    }
  ],
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