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title: אַבְרֵךְ — kneel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַבְרֵךְ (86), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: kneel. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַבְרֵךְ

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«אַבְרֵךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **kneel** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 86 · **BDB:** אַבְרֵךְ

### Glosses

bend.the.knee (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

kneel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/86/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** proclaimed before Joseph Gn 41:43 (mng. dub.; many Egypt. deriv. proposed; e.g. a-bor-k, Copt. = prostrate thyself! BenfeyVerh. d. äg. Spr. z. Sem. 302 f; āprek, = head bowed! ChabasRA I—but ā = ע, v. also WiedemannAltäg. Wörter 1883, 8; aprex-u, head of the wise, HarkavyBerl. äg. Zeftschr. 1869; ȧb-rek, rejoice thou! CookSpeaker’s Comm. Gn. ad loc. and p. 482; Lepage RenoufPSBA Nov. 1888, 5 f ȧb(u)-rek, thy command is our desire, i.e. we are at thy service; SayRel. Bab. 183 As. abrikku = Ak. abrik, vizier (unpub. tabl.), v. already DlW; L 134 c., 1. 11. 12 who cp. As. abarakku = title, perh. grand vizier; against Dl, v. COT \& NöZMG 1886, 734). SpiegelbergRandglossen 14 ff. expl. as Egyptian ʾbrk = give attention!).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַבְרֵךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/86/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 41:43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.41.43/)

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וַיַּרְכֵּ֣ב אֹת֗וֹ בְּמִרְכֶּ֤בֶת הַמִּשְׁנֶה֙ אֲשֶׁר־ל֔וֹ וַיִּקְרְא֥וּ לְפָנָ֖יו אַבְרֵ֑ךְ וְנָת֣וֹן אֹת֔וֹ עַ֖ל כָּל־אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* and he.made.ride him in the.chariot of the.second which \[belonged\].to him and they.proclaimed before him bend.the.knee and he.put him over all the.land of.Egypt

*JPS 1917:* And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him: 'Abrech'; and he set him over all the land of Egypt.

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