ב־ר־ך

Hebrew

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Origin of 'pond' sense?”)

From Proto-Semitic; compare Arabic ب ر ك (b-r-k), Classical Syriac ܒ-ܪ-ܟ (b-r-k).

Root

ב־ר־ך • (b-r-k)

1. Related to knees, kneeling.
2. Related to blessing, benediction.
3. Related to ponds, pools.

Derived terms

Hebrew terms belonging to the root ב־ר־ך‎ (0 c, 7 e)

Further reading

• “ב־ר־ך” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• “ב־ר־ך”, in Hebrew dictionary and conjugation tables, Pealim.com
• A. Murtonen (1989) “BRK”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 121
• Klein, Ernest (1987) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 85