Hebrew edit

Root
ב־ר־ך (b-r-k)

Etymology edit

Cognate with Arabic بَارَكَ (bāraka), Aramaic בָּרֵךְ, Amharic ባረከ (baräkä)

Verb edit

בירך / בֵּרֵךְ \ בֵּרַךְ (berékh / berákh) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction, future יְבָרֵךְ, passive participle בָּרוּךְ, passive counterpart בורך / בֹּרַךְ)

  1. to bless
  2. (euphemistic) to curse

Conjugation edit

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