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title: בְּרֵכָה — pool · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בְּרֵכָה (1295), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: pool. BDB 1906: n.f. pool, pond. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בְּרֵכָה

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«בְּרֵכָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pool** — 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 1295 · **BDB:** בְּרֵכָה

### Glosses

the.pool (8); pool (5); \[are\].pools (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pool [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1295/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. pool, pond [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1295/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. pool, pond (הברכה SI5; Arabic بِرْكَةٌ; Sab. ברכת Sab.Denkm.73; Aramaic בְּרֵיכְתָּא)—ב׳ 2 S 2:13(×2) 4:12 2 K 18:17 (= Is 36:2) 20:20 Ne 3:16 Is 7:3; 22:9, 11; cstr. בְּרֵכַת 2 S 2:13 1 K 22:38 Ne 2:14; 3:15 Na 2:9; pl. בְּרֵכוֹת Ec 2:6 Ct 7:5.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בְּרֵכָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1295/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ecclesiastes 2:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.2.6/)

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עָשִׂ֥יתִי לִ֖י בְּרֵכ֣וֹת מָ֑יִם לְהַשְׁק֣וֹת מֵהֶ֔ם יַ֖עַר צוֹמֵ֥חַ עֵצִֽים׃

*Word for word:* I.made for myself pools of.water to water from them a.forest sprouting trees

*JPS 1917:* I made me pools of water, to water therefrom the wood springing up with trees;

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[Isaiah 22:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.22.9/)

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וְאֵ֨ת בְּקִיעֵ֧י עִיר־דָּוִ֛ד רְאִיתֶ֖ם כִּי־רָ֑בּוּ וַֽתְּקַבְּצ֔וּ אֶת־מֵ֥י הַבְּרֵכָ֖ה הַתַּחְתּוֹנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and (et) the.breaches of.the.city of.David you.saw (dm).that they.were.many and you.gathered (et) the.waters of the.pool (the) lower

*JPS 1917:* And ye saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many; and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

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