{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H1288",
  "lemma": "בָרַךְ",
  "transliteration": "bârak",
  "definition": "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)",
  "kjv": "[idiom] abundantly, [idiom] altogether, [idiom] at all, blaspheme, bless…",
  "occurrences": 330,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[בָּרַךְ] 329 vb. kneel, bless",
    "Qal",
    "1. kneel down",
    "2. bless",
    "Niph. bless oneself",
    "Pi.",
    "1. bless God, adore with bended knees",
    "2. God blesses",
    "3. men bless men",
    "4. salute, greet, with an invocation of blessing",
    "5. bless, with the antithetical meaning curse from the greeting in departing, saying adieu to, taking leave of; but rather a blessing overdone and so really a curse as in vulgar English as well as in the Shemitic cognates",
    "Pu.",
    "1. pass. to be blessed, adored",
    "2. prospered by God",
    "3. have prosperity invoked, by Balaam",
    "4. in gratitude",
    "Hiph. and he made his camel kneel",
    "Hithp. bless oneself, congratulate oneself in his heart"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 1:22",
      "text": "God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 1:28",
      "text": "God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=28"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 2:3",
      "text": "God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work of creation which he had done.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 5:2",
      "text": "He created them male and female, and blessed them. On the day they were created, he named them Adam.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/5?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 9:1",
      "text": "God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and replenish the earth.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/9?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 9:26",
      "text": "He said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/9?v=26"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 12:2",
      "text": "I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/12?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 12:3",
      "text": "I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who treats you with contempt. All the families of the earth will…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/12?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 14:19",
      "text": "He blessed him, and said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/14?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 14:20",
      "text": "Blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Abram gave him a tenth of all.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/14?v=20"
    }
  ],
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