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title: בֶּרֶךְ — knee · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בֶּרֶךְ (1290), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 25 times: knee. BDB 1906: n.f. knee. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בֶּרֶךְ

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«בֶּרֶךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **knee** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 25 times · **Key:** 1290 · **BDB:** בֶּ֫רֶךְ

### Glosses

knees (22); knee (1); of.knees (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

knee [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1290/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. knee [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1290/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. Is. 45:23 knee (Assyrian birku Ethiopic ብርክ Aramaic בֶּרֶךְ, ܒܪܽܘܟ; Arabic رُكْنَةٌ ) Is 45:23; du. בִּרְכַּיִם Jb 3:12 + 10 times; sf. בִּרְכַּי etc. Gn 30:3 + 11 times;—knee, knees: מים ברכים water reaching to the knees Ez 47:4; וַתְּנִיעֵנִי על ברכי Dn 10:10; יַכְּכָה בשׁחין רע על הברכים Dt 28:35; כרע על ברכים kneel on knees in worship 1 K 8:54 Ezr 9:5 cf. Is 45:23 1 K 19:18 2 Ch 6:13, in entreaty 2 K 1:13, to drink of a fountain Ju 7:5, 6; שׂם פניו בין ברכיו put his face between his knees in prayer 1 K 18:42; על ברכים upon the knees, Gn 30:3 (E; on תֵּלֵד עַל ב׳ v. PlossDas Weib Aufl. 2. ii. 180 ff. StaZAW 1886, 143 ff.) 50:23 (E) Jb 3:12 Ju 16:19 2 K 4:20 Is 6:12; הוציא מעם ברכים Gn 48:12 (E); knees as seat of strength, weak from terror Jb 4:4 Is 35:3 Ez 7:17; 21:12 Na 2:11; or fasting ψ 109:24.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 24 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בֶּרֶךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1290/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 35:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.35.3/)

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חַזְּק֖וּ יָדַ֣יִם רָפ֑וֹת וּבִרְכַּ֥יִם כֹּשְׁל֖וֹת אַמֵּֽצוּ׃

*Word for word:* strengthen hands slack and knees \[which\].stumble make.firm

*JPS 1917:* Strengthen ye the weak hands, and make firm the tottering knees.

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[Job 3:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.12/)

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מַ֭דּוּעַ קִדְּמ֣וּנִי בִרְכָּ֑יִם וּמַה־שָּׁ֝דַ֗יִם כִּ֣י אִינָֽק׃

*Word for word:* why? did they.receive.me knees and why? two.breasts (cmp) I.will.suck

*JPS 1917:* Why did the knees receive me? And wherefore the breasts, that I should suck?

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