וּ/לְ/בָרֵ֖ךְ

𐤅/𐤋/𐤁𐤓𐤊

ulevarekhe

and to bless

a primitive root; 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); [idiom] abundantly, [idiom] altogether, [idiom] at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, [idiom] greatly, [idiom] indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, [idiom] still, thank.

H1288

Deuteronomy 21:5 · Word #11

Lexicon H1288

Lemmaבָרַךְ
Lemma (Paleo)𐤁𐤓𐤊
Transliterationbârak
Strong'sH1288
In-contextand to bless

Morphology HC/R/Vpc All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan p — Piel — Intensive active
Conjugation c — Infinitive Construct — The verbal noun ("to ...")

SIBI-P1 H1288-49

and to bestow blessing

Morphological NotesConjunction ו + preposition ל + Piel infinitive construct of ברך; verbal noun expressing purpose or result, with intensive/active nuance from the Piel stem.
Rendering RationaleThe root ברך conveys the idea of kneeling and, by extension, invoking or imparting blessing. In the Piel stem, it commonly carries an intensive or declarative sense of actively bestowing blessing. The form is a Piel infinitive construct with prefixed conjunction ו ("and") and preposition ל ("to"), hence "and to bestow blessing."

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Words from Root ברך (kneeling, blessing, invoking favor, bestowing benefit)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H1288-01 avarakhah Let me bestow blessing
H1288-02 avarakhekha I will bestow blessing upon you
H1288-03 avarakhem I will bless them

Word Usage (330 occurrences of H1288)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 1:22 וַ/יְבָ֧רֶךְ vayevarekhe blessed
Genesis 1:28 וַ/יְבָ֣רֶךְ vayevarekhe and he blessed
Genesis 2:3 וַ/יְבָ֤רֶךְ vayevarekhe and blessed