ܒܪܟ

From Aramaic בְּרַךְ (bəraḵ), from Proto-Semitic; cognate with Arabic بَرَكَ (baraka), بَارَكَ (bāraka), Hebrew בָּרַךְ (barákh), בֵּרַךְ (berákh) and Amharic ባረከ (baräkä).

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ܒܵܪܹܟ • (bārēk)

1. to kneel

   ܡܵܨܹܝܬܘܿܢ ܝܵܬ݂ܒ݂ܝܼܬܘܿܢ ܝܲܢ ܒܵܪܟܝܼܬܘܿܢ ܥܲܠ ܐܲܪܥܵܐ.

   māṣētōn yāṯḇītōn yan bārkītōn ˁal arˁā.

   You can sit or kneel on the ground.

   • Psalms 95:6:

     ܬܹܝܡܘܼܢ ܣܵܓ݂ܕܲܚ ܘܟܵܝܦܲܚ؛ ܒܵܪܟܲܚ ܩܲܕ݇ܡ ܡܵܪܝܵܐ ܒܵܪܝܵܢܲܢ.

     tēmūn sāḡdaḥ w-kāypaḥ; bārkaḥ qam māryā bāryānan.

     Come let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our maker.

2. to lie down as an animal

• “ܒܵܪܸܟ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 2021 July 3 (last accessed)
• “ܒܵܪܸܟ݂”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 2021 January 1 (last accessed)
• Maclean, Arthur John (1901) “ܒܵܪܸܟ”, in Dictionary of the Dialects of Vernacular Syriac as Spoken by the Eastern Syrians of Kurdistan, North-West Persia and the Plain of Mosul, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 39b
• Maclean, Arthur John (1901) “ܒܵܪܸܟ݂”, in Dictionary of the Dialects of Vernacular Syriac as Spoken by the Eastern Syrians of Kurdistan, North-West Persia and the Plain of Mosul, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 154b

From the root ܒ-ܪ-ܟ (b-r-k) related to kneeling, from Proto-Semitic; cognate with Arabic بَرَكَ (baraka), بَارَكَ (bāraka), Hebrew בָּרַךְ (bāraḵ), בֵּרַךְ (bēraḵ), בֵּרֵךְ (bērēḵ), Amharic ባረከ (baräkä).

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ܒܪܟ • (bəraḵ, bəreḵ) (imperfect ܢܒܪܟ (neḇraḵ) or ܢܒܪܘܟ (neḇroḵ)) (peal construction)

1. to bend, bend down, crouch
2. to kneel, genuflect
3. to bend the knee, bow
4. to bless, hallow

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ܒܪܟ • (bərāḵ)

1. absolute singular of ܒܪܟܐ
2. construct state singular of ܒܪܟܐ

• “brk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2021-07-03
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 38a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 55b-56a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, pages 189b-190a