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Genesis 24:60
“And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.” (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
- וַ — conjunction
- יְבָרֲכ֤וּ — verb Piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
- 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.