berach · bless; kneel

What it means

berach (בְּרַךְ) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “bless; kneel”.

To bless; also to kneel down (Aramaic).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Speak good of; praise (Aramaic).
2. Go down on one's knees.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• blessed ×4
• was kneeling ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Daniel 2:19

  Then to Daniel the mystery was revealed in the vision of the night; then Daniel blessed the Elah of the heavens.

• Daniel 2:20

  Daniel answered and said, “May the name of Elah be blessed from everlasting and to everlasting, for wisdom and power are his.

• Daniel 3:28

  Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, “Blessed be their Elah, the Elah of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who sent his angel and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and they changed the king’s word and gave their bodies so that they would not serve and not bow down to any god except their Elah.

• Daniel 4:34

  And at the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to the heavens, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed Illaya, and I praised and glorified the one who lives forever, whose dominion is an eternal dominion, and his kingdom is with generation and generation.

• Daniel 6:10

  And Daniel, when he knew that the writing had been signed, went into his house; and he had windows open in his upper room toward Jerusalem; and three times a day he was kneeling on his knees and praying and giving thanks before his Elah, just as he had been doing before this.