Lexical Definition

‎בָּרִיחַ‎ bârîyach (baw-ree'-akh) fleeing ^H:N-M
or בָּרִחַ bâriach (baw-ree'-akh); (shortened) from ‎בָּרַח‎

crooked, noble, piercing.

• a fugitive, i.e. the serpent (as fleeing), and the constellation by that name

adj
1) fleeing
subst
2) fugitive

Extended Information

• adj
• subst

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎בָּרִיחַ‎] adjective fleeing ( = ‎בַּרִּיחַ ֗֗֗ ‎) ‎נָחָשׁ בִָּ˜רחַ׃‎ Job 26:13 of eclipse-dragon, ‎לִוְיָתָן נָחָשׁ בָרִחַ‎ Isa 27:1 (probably figurative of Assyrians); as substantive ‎בָּרִיחִים‎ Isa 43:14 as fugitives (for other views compare Comm.); so probably also Isa 15:5 ‎בריחיה‎, see ‎בְּרִיחַ‎.

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