Lexical Definition

‎אַבְרֵךְ‎ ʼabrêk (ab-rake') to bow ^H:V
probably an Egyptian word meaning

bow the knee.

• kneel

1) (meaning dubious) -a shout made to announce Joseph's chariot
1a) command
1b) bow

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: ar.khu.vah (‎א‎ַ‎ר‎ְ‎כ‎ֻ‎ב‎ָּ‎ה‎ "knee" אַרְכֻבָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אַבְרֵךְ‎ proclaimed before Joseph Gen 41:43 (meaning dubious; many Egyptian derivatives proposed; e.g. a-bor-k, Coptic = prostrate thyself! Spiegelb^{Randglossen 14 ff.} explained as Egyptian ±brk = give attention! Benfey^{Verh. d. äg. Spr. z. Semitic 302 f}; ¹prek, = head bowed! Chabas^{RA 1}, — but ¹ = ‎ע‎ see also Wiedemann^{Altäg. Wörter 1883, 8}; apreχ-u, head of the wise, Harkavy^{Berl. äg. Zeltschr. 1869}; (but Jer 46:15 many MSS. ᵐ5 Aq Symm Theod ᵑ9 many moderns read ‎אַבִּירֶ֑ךָ‎ thy bull, i.e. Apis). — ‎אַבִרֵךְ‎: Spiegelberg^{Randglossen 14ff.} explains as Egyptian °brk = give attention! åb-rek, rejoice thou! Cook^{Speaker's Comm. Gn. on the passage and p. 482}; Lepage Renouf^{PSBA.nov.1888, 5 f} åb(u)-rek, thy command is our desire, i.e. we are at thy service; Say^{Rel. Babylonian 183} Assyrian abrikku = Akkadian abrik, vizier (unpublished tablet), see already Dl^{W; L 134 c., 1. 11. 12} who compare Assyrian abarakku = title, perhaps grand vizier; against Dl, see COT & Nö^{ZMG 1886, 734}). ‎אַבְרָם‎, ‎אַבְשַׁי‎ see ‎אֲבִירָם‎, ‎אֲבִישַׁי‎ below II. ‎אבה‎. ‎אַבְשָׁלוֺם‎, ‎אַבְשָׁלֹם‎ see ‎אֲבִישָׁלוֺם‎ below II. ‎אבה‎.

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