Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #188653

OSHB 1 Chr 4:10 בָּרֵךְ (bārēk) Strongs=1288 Lemma=‘בָּרַךְ’
contextual word gloss=‘really_(bless)’ word gloss=‘to_bless’
Morphology=Vpa PoS=piel_verb Type=infinitive_absolute
Year=-1721

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Other uses (2) of identical word form בָּרֵךְ (Morphology=Vpa PoS=piel_verb Type=infinitive_absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘בָּרֵךְ’ (Morphology=Vpa PoS=piel_verb Type=infinitive_absolute) has 3 different glosses: ‘abundantly_(bless)’, ‘at_all_(bless)’, ‘really_(bless)’.

NUM 23:25 contextual word gloss=‘at_all_(bless)’ word gloss=‘to_bless’ OSHB NUM 23:25 word 10

OET-LV: 25 And_ Bālāq _he/it _said to Bilˊām neither at _all _(curse) not you_will _curse _it nor at _all _(bless) not you_will _bless _it. (NUM_23:25)

OET-RV: 25 Then King Balak scolded Bileam, “Even if you won’t curse them, definitely don’t bless them!” (NUM 23:25)

PSA 132:15 contextual word gloss=‘abundantly_(bless)’ word gloss=‘to_bless’ OSHB PSA 132:15 word 2

OET-LV: 15 Food-supply _of_its abundantly _(bless) I _will _bless its _needy _of_people I _will _satisfy food. (PSA_132:15)

OET-RV: 15 I’ll bless Tsiyyon with generous provisions.
⇔ Her poor people will have enough food to be satisfied. (PSA 132:15)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘בָּרַךְ’’ have 5 different glosses: ‘[was]_kneeling’, ‘abundantly_(bless)’, ‘at_all_(bless)’, ‘bless’, ‘really_(bless)’.