וַ/יְבָ֕רֶךְ
𐤅/𐤉𐤁𐤓𐤊
bârak
and blessed
To bless, to endow with power for success, prosperity, fertility, or longevity; to recognize, affirm, or invoke divine favor or well-being. In its most typical sense, בָרַךְ refers to the act of conferring a benefit, either from a divine figure to a human or from one human to another, often formally recognizing favor or good fortune. Less commonly, the term can be used in euphemistic contexts to mean 'curse,' usually as a deliberate circumlocution in prohibitive formulas or legal settings.
2 Chronicles 6:3 · Word #5
Lexicon H1288
| Lemma | בָרַךְ |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤁𐤓𐤊 |
| Transliteration | bârak |
| Strong's | H1288 |
| Definition | To bless, to endow with power for success, prosperity, fertility, or longevity; to recognize, affirm, or invoke divine favor or well-being. In its most typical sense, בָרַךְ refers to the act of conferring a benefit, either from a divine figure to a human or from one human to another, often formally recognizing favor or good fortune. Less commonly, the term can be used in euphemistic contexts to mean 'curse,' usually as a deliberate circumlocution in prohibitive formulas or legal settings. |
Morphology HC/Vpw3ms
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | p — Piel — Intensive active |
| Conjugation | w — Sequential Imperfect — Imperfect with waw-consecutive, narrating past events |
| Person | 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they") |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
Common Translation
| Phrase | and blessed |
SIBI-P1 Translation H1288-80
and he bestowed blessing
| Morphological Notes | Verb, Piel stem (intensive), sequential imperfect (wayyiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular. |
| Rendering Rationale | The Piel stem conveys an intensive or declarative act of conferring benefit or invoking favor. The sequential imperfect 3ms with prefixed ו marks a past narrative action, here rendered as "and he bestowed blessing," preserving both the intensive stem and masculine singular subject. |
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