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1 Samuel 2:20
“And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The Lord give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the Lord. And they went unto their own home.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H1288 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- [idiom] abundantly, [idiom] altogether, [idiom] at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, [idiom] greatly, [idiom] indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, [idiom] still, thank.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- בֵרַ֨ךְ — verb Piel, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 330 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:22Genesis 1:28Genesis 2:3Genesis 5:2Genesis 9:1
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read בָרַךְ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.