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H1290 בֶּרֶךְ (berek) beh'-rek
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

from 1288; a knee

KJV Usage: knee

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

בֶּ֫רֶךְ (be.rekh) — knee. 1) knee 2) weak from fear (fig.) Aramaic equivalent: be.rekh (בְּרַךְ "knee" H1291)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun f · ברך

knee = central area of the leg where the thigh is joined to the lower leg; ≈ associated with stability and strength

GEN 30:3 · GEN 48:12 · GEN 50:23 · DEU 28:35 · JDG 7:5 · JDG 7:6 · JDG 16:19 · 1KI 8:54 · 1KI 18:42 · 1KI 19:18 · 2KI 1:13 · 2KI 4:20 · 2CH 6:13 · EZR 9:5 · JOB 3:12 · JOB 4:4 · PSA 109:24 · ISA 35:3 · ISA 45:23 · ISA 66:12 · EZK 7:17 · EZK 21:12 · EZK 47:4 · DAN 10:10 · NAM 2:11

1 1KI 18:42 · 1KI 18:42 MT-K בְּרָכֹו (sg.) | MT-Q בִּרְכָּיו (pl., with no semantic change) 2 EZK 7:17 This expression here probably means "to run with water" | the image is of urine running down the knees, because of fear (cf. Greenberg loc.cit.). There has also been a suggestion that בִרְכַּיִם here means penis or the male genitalia | in this case we would have an extended meaning within the same lexical domain, and a contextual domain Liquids | Confidence.

Enio R. Mueller

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

בֶ֫רךְ n.f. knee base

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