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Hebrew wordlink #266953

OSHB Psa 132:15 בָּרֵךְ (bārēk) Strongs=1288 Lemma=‘בָּרַךְ’
contextual word gloss=‘abundantly_(bless)’ word gloss=‘to_bless’
Morphology=Vpa PoS=piel_verb Type=infinitive_absolute

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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)

1 CHR 4:10 contextual word gloss=‘really_(bless)’ word gloss=‘to_bless’ OSHB 1 CHR 4:10 word 7

OET-LV: 10 And_ Yaˊbēʦ _he/it _called to_the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) to_say if really _(bless) you_will _bless _me and_you _will _increase DOM territory _of_my and_it _will _be hand _of_your with_me and_you _will _act from_harm to_not to_hurt _me and_ god _he/it _brought DOM that_which he _had _asked _for. (CH1_4:10)

OET-RV: 10 Yabets called out to Yisrael’s god, saying, “Oh, please give me a real blessing, and help me and enlarge my territory, and don’t do anything to harm me, so that I won’t be in pain.” And God did what Yabets requested. (CH1 4:10)

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)’.