"בירך" meaning in Hebrew

See בירך in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: Cognate with Arabic بَارَكَ (bāraka), Aramaic בָּרֵךְ, Amharic ባረከ (baräkä) Etymology templates: {{cog|ar|بَارَكَ}} Arabic بَارَكَ (bāraka), {{cog|arc|בָּרֵךְ}} Aramaic בָּרֵךְ, {{cog|am|ባረከ}} Amharic ባረከ (baräkä) Head templates: {{he-verb|pi|dwv=בֵּרֵךְ \ בֵּרַךְ|fut=יְבָרֵךְ|pass=בורך|passdwv=בֹּרַךְ|passp=בָּרוּךְ|tr=berékh / berákh}} בירך / בֵּרֵךְ \ בֵּרַךְ • (berékh / berákh) (pi'el construction, future יְבָרֵךְ, passive participle בָּרוּךְ, passive counterpart בורך / בֹּרַךְ) Inflection templates: {{he-conj|pi|ברך|noun=בְּרָכָה}} Forms: בֵּרֵךְ \ בֵּרַךְ [canonical], berékh [romanization], berákh [romanization], יְבָרֵךְ [future], בָּרוּךְ [participle, passive], בורך [passive], בֹּרַךְ [passive], no-table-tags [table-tags], בירכתי [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, singular], בֵּרַכְתִּי [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, singular], בירכנו [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, plural], בֵּרַכְנוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, plural], בירכת [masculine, past, second-person, singular], בֵּרַכְתָּ [masculine, past, second-person, singular], בירכת [feminine, past, second-person, singular], בֵּרַכְתְּ [feminine, past, second-person, singular], בירכתם [masculine, past, plural, second-person], בֵּרַכְתֶּם [masculine, past, plural, second-person], בירכתן [feminine, past, plural, second-person], בֵּרַכְתֶּן [feminine, past, plural, second-person], בירך [masculine, past, singular, third-person], בֵּרֵךְ [masculine, past, singular, third-person], בירכה [feminine, past, singular, third-person], בֵּרְכָה [feminine, past, singular, third-person], בירכו [feminine, masculine, past, plural, third-person], בֵּרְכוּ [feminine, masculine, past, plural, third-person], מְבָרֵךְ [masculine, present, singular], מְבָרֶכֶת [feminine, present, singular], מְבָרְכִים [masculine, plural, present], מְבָרְכוֹת [feminine, plural, present], אֲבָרֵךְ [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, singular], נְבָרֵךְ [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, plural], תְּבָרֵךְ [future, masculine, second-person, singular], תְּבָרְכִי [feminine, future, second-person, singular], תְּבָרְכוּ [future, masculine, plural, second-person], תְּבָרֵכְנָה [feminine, future, plural, second-person], יְבָרֵךְ [future, masculine, singular, third-person], תְּבָרֵךְ [feminine, future, singular, third-person], יְבָרְכוּ [future, masculine, plural, third-person], תְּבָרֵכְנָה [feminine, future, plural, third-person], בָּרֵךְ [imperative, masculine, singular], בָּרְכִי [feminine, imperative, singular], בָּרְכוּ [imperative, masculine, plural], בָּרֵכְנָה [feminine, imperative, plural]
  1. to bless Tags: construction-pi'el
    Sense id: en-בירך-he-verb-wAqglX0~ Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 16
  2. (euphemistic) to curse Tags: construction-pi'el, euphemistic
    Sense id: en-בירך-he-verb-m8CeRdfL Categories (other): Hebrew euphemisms
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: בְּרָכָה (brakhá) (english: blessing)

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "بَارَكَ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic بَارَكَ (bāraka)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arc",
        "2": "בָּרֵךְ"
      },
      "expansion": "Aramaic בָּרֵךְ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "am",
        "2": "ባረከ"
      },
      "expansion": "Amharic ባረከ (baräkä)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Arabic بَارَكَ (bāraka), Aramaic בָּרֵךְ, Amharic ባረከ (baräkä)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "בֵּרֵךְ \\ בֵּרַךְ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berékh",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berákh",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יְבָרֵךְ",
      "tags": [
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בָּרוּךְ",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בורך",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בֹּרַךְ",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "he-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בירכתי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בֵּרַכְתִּי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בירכנו",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בֵּרַכְנוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בירכת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בֵּרַכְתָּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בירכת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בֵּרַכְתְּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בירכתם",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בֵּרַכְתֶּם",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בירכתן",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בֵּרַכְתֶּן",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בירך",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בֵּרֵךְ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בירכה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בֵּרְכָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בירכו",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בֵּרְכוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְבָרֵךְ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְבָרֶכֶת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְבָרְכִים",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְבָרְכוֹת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אֲבָרֵךְ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְבָרֵךְ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּבָרֵךְ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּבָרְכִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּבָרְכוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּבָרֵכְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יְבָרֵךְ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּבָרֵךְ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יְבָרְכוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּבָרֵכְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בָּרֵךְ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בָּרְכִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בָּרְכוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בָּרֵכְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "dwv": "בֵּרֵךְ \\ בֵּרַךְ",
        "fut": "יְבָרֵךְ",
        "pass": "בורך",
        "passdwv": "בֹּרַךְ",
        "passp": "בָּרוּךְ",
        "tr": "berékh / berákh"
      },
      "expansion": "בירך / בֵּרֵךְ \\ בֵּרַךְ • (berékh / berákh) (pi'el construction, future יְבָרֵךְ, passive participle בָּרוּךְ, passive counterpart בורך / בֹּרַךְ)",
      "name": "he-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "ברך",
        "noun": "בְּרָכָה"
      },
      "name": "he-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "blessing",
      "roman": "brakhá",
      "word": "בְּרָכָה"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "61 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "84 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to bless"
      ],
      "id": "en-בירך-he-verb-wAqglX0~",
      "links": [
        [
          "bless",
          "bless"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pi'el"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew euphemisms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to curse"
      ],
      "id": "en-בירך-he-verb-m8CeRdfL",
      "links": [
        [
          "curse",
          "curse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(euphemistic) to curse"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pi'el",
        "euphemistic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "בירך"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Hebrew pi'el verbs",
    "Hebrew verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "بَارَكَ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic بَارَكَ (bāraka)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arc",
        "2": "בָּרֵךְ"
      },
      "expansion": "Aramaic בָּרֵךְ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "am",
        "2": "ባረከ"
      },
      "expansion": "Amharic ባረከ (baräkä)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Arabic بَارَكَ (bāraka), Aramaic בָּרֵךְ, Amharic ባረከ (baräkä)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "בֵּרֵךְ \\ בֵּרַךְ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berékh",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "berákh",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יְבָרֵךְ",
      "tags": [
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בָּרוּךְ",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בורך",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בֹּרַךְ",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "he-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בירכתי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בֵּרַכְתִּי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בירכנו",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בֵּרַכְנוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בירכת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בֵּרַכְתָּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בירכת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בֵּרַכְתְּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בירכתם",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בֵּרַכְתֶּם",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בירכתן",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בֵּרַכְתֶּן",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בירך",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בֵּרֵךְ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בירכה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בֵּרְכָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בירכו",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בֵּרְכוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְבָרֵךְ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְבָרֶכֶת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְבָרְכִים",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְבָרְכוֹת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אֲבָרֵךְ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְבָרֵךְ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּבָרֵךְ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּבָרְכִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּבָרְכוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּבָרֵכְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יְבָרֵךְ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּבָרֵךְ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יְבָרְכוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּבָרֵכְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בָּרֵךְ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בָּרְכִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בָּרְכוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "בָּרֵכְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "dwv": "בֵּרֵךְ \\ בֵּרַךְ",
        "fut": "יְבָרֵךְ",
        "pass": "בורך",
        "passdwv": "בֹּרַךְ",
        "passp": "בָּרוּךְ",
        "tr": "berékh / berákh"
      },
      "expansion": "בירך / בֵּרֵךְ \\ בֵּרַךְ • (berékh / berákh) (pi'el construction, future יְבָרֵךְ, passive participle בָּרוּךְ, passive counterpart בורך / בֹּרַךְ)",
      "name": "he-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "ברך",
        "noun": "בְּרָכָה"
      },
      "name": "he-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "blessing",
      "roman": "brakhá",
      "word": "בְּרָכָה"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to bless"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bless",
          "bless"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pi'el"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew euphemisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to curse"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "curse",
          "curse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(euphemistic) to curse"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pi'el",
        "euphemistic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "בירך"
}

Download raw JSONL data for בירך meaning in Hebrew (6.2kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Hebrew dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-02-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-02 using wiktextract (ca09fec and c40eb85). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.