--- title: בָּרַח — go through · The Tanakh dictionary description: בָּרַח (1272), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 65 times: go through. BDB 1906: vb. Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1272.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ב](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1489-4.md)‎ / בָּרַח‎ # בָּרַח «בָּרַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **go through** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 65 times · **Key:** 1272 · **BDB:** בָּרַח ### Glosses he.fled (16); flee (7); fled (6) ### Meaning (OSHB) go through [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1272/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. Qal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1272/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. go through, flee (cf. Germ. durchgehen) (Arabic بَرِحَ go away, withdraw, flee)— Pf. בָּרַח Gn 31:22 + 9 times, בָּֽרְחוּ Jb 9:25, בָּרָ֑חוּ Is 22:3; Impf. יִבְרַח Jb 20:24, יִבְרָ֑ח Jb 27:22 Ne 6:11 וַיִּבְרַח Gn 31:21 + 13 times; 3 fs. וַתִּבְרַח Gn 16:6, אֶבְרָ֑ח ψ 139:7, יִבְרְחוּ Je 52:7, וַיִּבְרְחוּ 2 S 4:3 + 4 times, נִבְרָ֑חָה 2 S 15:14; Imv. בְּרַח Gn 27:43 + 3 times, בִּרְחוּ Is 48:20; Inf. abs. בָּרוֹחַ Jb 27:22; cstr. בְּרֹחַ 1 S 23:6 + 3 times, בְּרוֹחַ Jon 1:3; sf. בָּרְחִי 1 K 2:7, בָּרְחֲךָ Gn 31:5, בָּרְחוֹ Gn 35:7 + 2 times;— go or pass through, of bar, וַיַּעַשׂ אֶת־הַבְּרִיחַ … לִבְרֹחַ Ex 36:33 (P). flee Gn 31:20, 21, 22 (E) Ex 14:5 (J) Ju 9:21; 1 S 19:12, 18; 22:17; 2 S 13:34, 37, 38 (del. Dr cf. We) 15:14; Is 22:3; Je 4:29; 26:21; 39:4; 52:7; Ne 6:11; fig. of days fleeing away Jb 9:25; of man, like a shadow Jb 14:2; c. מִן flee from a place 1 S 20:1; 2 S 19:10 (+ מֵעַל pers.) Is 48:20, a weapon Jb 20:24; a person, c. מֵאֵת 1 K 11:23, usually c. מִפְּנֵי Gn 16:6, 8; 31:27; 35:1, 7; Ex 2:15 (all JE) Ju 11:3; 2 S 21:11; 1 K 2:7; 12:2 = 2 Ch 10:2 ψ 3:1; 57:1 (titles) 139:7 Jon 1:10; מִיַּד י׳ fig. Jb 27:22; flee to, c. acc. place 1 S 27:4; 1 K 11:40; Ho 12:13; c. place \& לְ Ne 13:10; c. place \& ָה loc. Jon 1:3; 4:2 2 S 4:3; c. place \& אֶל־ Nu 24:11 Am 7:12; c. אֶל־ \& pers. 1 S 23:6 Gn 27:43 (J) 1 K 2:39 1 K 11:40; אַחֲרֵי \& pers. 1 S 22:20; flee, sq. inf. 1 K 11:17 Dn 10:7. flee = hasten, come quickly Ct 8:14. Pf. הִבְרִיחוּ 1 Ch 8:13; Impf. יַבְרִיחַ Pr 19:26; sf. יַבְרִיחֶנּוּ Jb 41:20, וָאַבְרִחֵהוּ Ne 13:28, וַיַּבְרִיחוּ 1 Ch 12:15; Pt. מַבְרִחַ Ex 26:28;— pass through, lit. Ex 26:28 (P) cf. Qal. cause to flee, put to flight, animal Jb 41:20, men 1 Ch 8:13; 12:16; drive away Pr 19:26 Ne 13:28 (sq. מֵעָלַי). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 63 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «בָּרַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1272/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Job 20:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.20.24/) יִ֭בְרַח מִנֵּ֣שֶׁק בַּרְזֶ֑ל תַּ֝חְלְפֵ֗הוּ קֶ֣שֶׁת נְחוּשָֽׁה׃ *Word for word:* he.will.flee from a.weapon of.iron it will.pierce.him a.bow of.bronze *JPS 1917:* If he flee from the iron weapon, the bow of brass shall strike him through. [Proverbs 19:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.19.26/) מְֽשַׁדֶּד־אָ֭ב יַבְרִ֣יחַ אֵ֑ם בֵּ֝֗ן מֵבִ֥ישׁ וּמַחְפִּֽיר׃ *Word for word:* \[one.who\].assaults a.father \[who\].he.drives.away a.mother \[is\].a.son \[who\].brings.shame and.\[who\] causes.shame *JPS 1917:* A son that dealeth shamefully and reproachfully will despoil his father, and chase away his mother. - ← previous: [בַּרְזִלַּי](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1271.md) - next →: [בָּרִחַ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1281.md) - ↑ back to [ב](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1489-4.md)