ܒܪܟ

From Aramaic בְּרַךְ‎ (bəraḵ), from Proto-Semitic; cognate with Arabic بَرَكَ‎ (baraka), بَارَكَ‎ (bāraka), Hebrew בָּרַךְ‎ (barákh), בֵּרַךְ‎ (berákh) and Amharic ባረከ (baräkä).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [bɑːrekː]
• (Ashiret) IPA^(key): [ˈbä.ɾɪk]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [ˈbɒ.ɾɪk]

ܒܵܪܹܟ • (bārēk) (present participle ܒܪܵܟܵܐ‎ (brākā), past participle ܒܪܝܼܟܵܐ‎ (brīkā))

1. to kneel

   ‏ܡܵܨܝܼܬܘܿܢ ܝܵܬܒ݂ܝܼܬܘܿܢ ܝܲܢ ܒܵܪܟܝܼܬܘܿܢ ܥܲܠ ܐܲܪܥܵܐ.‎‎

   māṣītōn yātḇītōn yan bārkītōn ˁal arˁā.

   You can sit or kneel on the ground.

   • Psalms 95:6:

     ‏ܬܹܝܡܘܼܢ ܣܵܓ݂ܕܲܚ ܘܟܵܝܦܲܚ؛ ܒܵܪܟܲܚ ܩܲܕ݇ܡ ܡܵܪܝܵܐ ܒܵܪܝܵܢܲܢ.‎‎

     tēmūn sāḡdaḥ w-kāypaḥ; bārkaḥ qam māryā bāryānan.

     Come let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our maker.

2. to lie down as an animal

• (standard) IPA^(key): [bar.rɪx.]
• (Ashiret) IPA^(key): [ˈmbä.ɾx]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [ˈbɒ.ɾɪx]

ܒܲܪܸܟ݂ • (barriḵ) (present participle ܒܲܪܘܼܟ݂ܹܐ‎ (barūḵē), past participle ܒܘܼܪܟ݂ܵܐ‎ (burḵā))

1. (transitive) to bless, to hallow

   ‏ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܒܲܪܸܟ݂ ܠܘܼܟ݂ ܘܒܲܝܬܘܼܬܘܼܟ݂.‎‎

   allāhā barriḵ lūḵ w-baytūtūḵ.

   God bless you and your family.

   • Romans 12:14:

     ‏ܒܲܪܟ݂ܘܼܢ ܠܐܵܢܝܼ ܕܟܲܡܪܝܼ ܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ، ܒܲܪܟ݂ܘܼܢ ܘܠܵܐ ܠܵܝܛܝܼܬܘܿܢ.‎‎

     barḵūn l-ānī dkamrī lāwḵōn, barḵūn w-lā lāyṭītōn.

     Bless those who persecute you; bless and curse not.

   • Hebrews 6:14:

     ‏ܒܹܐ݇ܡܵܪܵܐ: ”ܫܲܪܝܼܪܵܐܝܼܬ ܒܲܪܘܼܟ݂ܹܐ، ܒܸܬ ܒܲܪܟ݂ܸܢܘܼܟ݂؛ ܘܡܲܙܝܘܼܕܹܐ، ܒܸܬ ܡܲܙܝܸܕܸܢܘܼܟ݂“.‎‎

     bēmārā: “šarīrāˀīt barūḵē, bit barḵinūḵ; w-mazyūdē, bit mazyiddinūḵ”.

     saying, “Surely blessing, I will bless you; and multiplying, I will multiply you.”

2. (of a priest) to marry, to perform a marriage ceremony
3. (Alqosh) to give in marriage
4. to congratulate
5. to greet, visit

• (passive) see → ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ‎ (brīḵā)

• “ܒܵܪܸܟ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, accessed 2021-07-03
• “ܒܵܪܸܟ݂”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, accessed 2021-01-01
• Maclean, Arthur John (1901), “ܒܵܪܸܟ”, in Dictionary of the Dialects of Vernacular Syriac as Spoken by the Eastern Syrians of Kurdistan, North-West Persia and the Plain of Mosul, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 39b
• Maclean, Arthur John (1901), “ܒܵܪܸܟ݂”, in Dictionary of the Dialects of Vernacular Syriac as Spoken by the Eastern Syrians of Kurdistan, North-West Persia and the Plain of Mosul, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 154b

From the root ܒ-ܪ-ܟ‎ (b-r-k) related to kneeling, from Proto-Semitic; cognate with Arabic بَرَكَ‎ (baraka), بَارَكَ‎ (bāraka), Hebrew בָּרַךְ‎ (bāraḵ), בֵּרַךְ‎ (bēraḵ), בֵּרֵךְ‎ (bērēḵ), Amharic ባረከ (baräkä).

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [b(ə.)ˈrax], [b(ə.)ˈrɛx]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈbrax], [ˈbrɪx]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈbrɑx], [ˈbrex]

ܒܪܟ • (bəraḵ, bəreḵ) (imperfect ܢܒܪܟ‎ (neḇraḵ) or ܢܒܪܘܟ‎ (neḇroḵ)) (peal construction)

1. to bend, bend down, crouch
2. to kneel, genuflect
3. to bend the knee, bow
4. to bless, hallow

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [b(ə.)ˈrɑx]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈbrɑx]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈbrox]

ܒܪܟ • (bərāḵ)

1. absolute singular of ܒܪܟܐ‎
2. construct state singular of ܒܪܟܐ‎

• “brk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2021-07-03
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 38a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 55b-56a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana; Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, pages 189b-190a