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Genesis 48:20
“And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
בָרַךְbârak · baw-rak'
H1288 · Hebrew
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
- יְבָ֨רֲכֵ֜ — verb Piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- ם — suffix (pronominal), 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.