וַֽ/יִּבְרְח֖וּ

𐤅/𐤉𐤁𐤓𐤇𐤅

vayiverechu

and-they-fled

a primitive root; to bolt, i.e. figuratively, to flee suddenly; chase (away); drive away, fain, flee (away), put to flight, make haste, reach, run away, shoot.

H1272

Daniel 10:7 · Word #20

Lexicon H1272

Lemmaבָּרַח
Lemma (Paleo)𐤁𐤓𐤇
Transliterationbârach
Strong'sH1272
In-contextand-they-fled

Morphology HC/Vqw3mp All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan q — Qal — Simple 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 p — Plural — Plural

SIBI-P1 H1272-21

and they bolted away

Morphological NotesVerb in Qal stem, wayyiqtol (waw-consecutive imperfect) 3rd masculine plural (HC/Vqw3mp), indicating sequential past narrative action: "and they fled."
Rendering RationaleThe root ברח conveys the idea of bolting or breaking away suddenly in flight. "Bolted away" preserves this vivid sense of abrupt escape, while "they" reflects the third masculine plural form indicated by the morphology.

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AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root ברח (to bolt, to flee suddenly, to break away in haste, to escape)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H1272-01 barach he bolted away
H1272-02 barachu they bolted away
H1272-03 barechu they bolted away

Word Usage (65 occurrences of H1272)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 16:6 וַ/תִּבְרַ֖ח vativerach fled
Genesis 16:8 בֹּרַֽחַת borachat am fleeing
Genesis 27:43 בְּרַח berach flee