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בְּרָכָה berākāh – blessing

Semantic Fields: Blessing   
Author(s): James K. Aitken
First published: 2024-09-05
Citation: James K. Aitken, בְּרָכָה berākāh – blessing,
               Semantics of Ancient Hebrew Database (sahd-online.com), 2024

Introduction

Grammatical Type: n.f.

Occurrences: 71x HB (30/19/22); 11x Sir; 51x Qum; 2x inscr. (Total: 135).

  • Torah: Gen 12:2; 27:12, 35, 36(2x), 38, 41; 28:4; 33:11; 39:5; 49:25(3x), 26(2x), 28; Exod 32:29; Lev 25:21; Deut 11:26, 27, 29; 12:15; 16:17; 23:6; 28:2, 8; 30:1, 19; 33:1, 23.

  • Nebiim: Josh 8:34; 15:19; Judg 1:15; 1 Sam 25:27; 30:26; 2 Sam 7:29; 2 Kgs 5:15; 18:31; Isa 19:24; 36:16; 44:3; 65:8; Ezek 34:26(2x); 44:30; Joel 2:14; Zech 8:13; Mal 2:2; 3:10.

  • Ketubim: Pss 3:9; 21:4, 7; 24:5; 37:26; 84:7; 109:17; 129:8; 133:3; Job 29:13; Prov 10:6, 7, 22; 11:11, 25, 26; 24:25; 28:20; Neh 9:5; 13:2; 2 Chron 20:26(2x).

  • Sir: 3:8, 9; 4:13; 7:32 (ב[ר]כתך);‎ 11:20; 39:22 (ms B; Bmg?); 40:27; 44:22; 45:7 (Bmg; B = כבוד);‎ 46:11; 50:20.

  • Qum: 1QHa 4(17):20; 1QM 12:12; 19:4; 1pPs(1Q16) 8:2 (בר[כת);‎ 1QSb(1Q28b) 1:1; 3:22; 4:3; 3Q15 ii 13 (ברכא);‎ 4Q88 vii 14; 4Q158 14 i 3; 4Q219 ii 33, 34; 4Q252 iii 13; iv 3; 4Q286 7 i 4; 4Q287 3:1; 4Q291 1:6 (]ברכ);‎ 4Q301 3a-b 7; 4Q379 15:1; 4QMMT C14 (4Q398 14-17 i 6); C20 (4Q398 11-13 3); 4Q403 1 i 28; 4Q427 3:2; 7 ii 5 (]לב);‎ 8 i 18; 13 ii 1 (]ברכ);‎ 4Q431 2:4; 4Q448 C (iii) 4; 4Q455 1(?); 4Q472 1:3; 4Q491 17:5; 4Q502 19:2; 45:1; 98:4; 4Q504 1-2 iv 13; v 16 (scribal emendation to the pl. ברכותיכה);‎ 4Q510 1:1; 4Q511 52-59:3; 4Q521 2 iii 3; 8:7; 4Q525 11-12:1; 6Q16 3:4; 11QPs^(a)(5) 22:1, 12, 13; 11Q14 1 ii 9; 11Q17 iii 5 (]בר);‎ x 4; 30:5; 11QT 29:9(?); 53:3.

  • Inscr. D-2.028:1, 7(=RR-Arad(6):28.1, 7).

For this entry, see James K. Aitken, The Semantics of Blessing and Cursing in Ancient Hebrew (2007), 121-32 (Printed publications).

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