Strongs H1288

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בָּרַךְ (bârak) v (baw-rak')
Source: a primitive root;
Meaning: 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)
KJV: × abundantly, × altogether, × at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, × greatly, × indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, × still, thank.

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry

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[בָּרַךְ] 329 vb. kneel, blessQalkneel downblessNiph. bless oneselfPi.bless God, adore with bended kneesGod blessesmen bless mensalute, greet, with an invocation of blessingbless, with the antithetical meaning curse from the greeting in departing, saying adieu to, taking leave of; but rather a blessing overdone and so really a curse as in vulgar English as well as in the Shemitic cognatesPu.pass. to be blessed, adoredprospered by Godhave prosperity invoked, by Balaamin gratitudeHiph. and he made his camel kneelHithp. bless oneself, congratulate oneself in his heart {138}

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