Brown-Driver-Briggs
I.
בְּרָכָה noun feminine blessing (Arabic
; Ethiopic
Aramaic
בִּרְכָּא ; Late Hebrew as Hebrew) —
׳ב Genesis 12:2 39t.; construct
בִּרְכַּת Genesis 28:4 9t.; suffix
בִּרְכָתוֺ Genesis 49:28 7t.; plural
בְּרָכוֺת Psalm 21:7 4t.; construct
בִּרְכוֺת,
בִּרְכֹת Genesis 49:25 5t.; suffix
בִּרְכוֺתֵיכֶם Malachi 2:2; —
1 blessing:
a. of parent Genesis 27:12,41; Genesis 49:28 (JE), of Moses Deuteronomy 33:1.
b. of God Exodus 32:29 (E) Leviticus 25:21 (P) Deuteronomy 11:26,27,29; Deuteronomy 23:6 (= Nehemiah 13:2) Deuteronomy 28:2; Deuteronomy 28:8; Deuteronomy 30:1; Deuteronomy 30:19; Joshua 8:34 (D) 2 Samuel 7:29; Psalm 3:9; Psalm 21:4; Psalm 133:3; Isaiah 44:3; Ezekiel 34:26; Ezekiel 44:30; Joel 2:14; Malachi 3:10; ברכת יהוה Genesis 39:5 (J) Deuteronomy 12:15; Deuteronomy 16:17; Deuteronomy 33:23; Psalm 129:8; Proverbs 10:22; ׳ברכה מאת י Psalm 24:5; ברכת אברהם Genesis 28:4 (P), the blessing given to Abraham.
c. of the people, in recognition of good men Psalm 109:17; Proverbs 10:6; Proverbs 11:26; Proverbs 24:25; Proverbs 28:20.
d. of a poor man, in recognition of benefits Job 29:13.
2 source of blessing: Abraham Genesis 12:2 (J); Israel Isaiah 19:24; Ezekiel 34:26; Zechariah 8:13; seed of the righteous Psalm 37:26; the king Psalm 21:7; memory of the righteous Proverbs 10:7; new wine Isaiah 65:8.
3 blessing, prosperity: בברכת ישׁרים by the prosperity of the upright (the city is exalted) Proverbs 11:11; גם ברכות יעטה מורה yea, the early rain covereth with blessings Psalm 84:7 compare Genesis 49:25,26; וארותי את ברכותיכם and I will curse your prosperity Malachi 2:2.
4 blessing, praise of God Nehemiah 9:5.
5 a gift, present Genesis 33:11 (E) Joshua 15:19 (J) Judges 1:15; 1 Samuel 25:27; 1 Samuel 30:26; 2 Kings 5:15; נֶפֶשׁ בְּרָכָה a liberal person Proverbs 11:25 (compare Syriac , Ethiopic ).
6 treaty of peace 2 Kings 18:31 = Isaiah 36:16.