Lexical Definition

‎בֶּרֶךְ‎ berek (beh'-rek) knee ^H:N-F
from ‎בָרַךְ‎

knee.

• a knee

1) knee
2) weak from fear (fig.)

See Greek: γόνυ · γόνυ · μηρός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בֶּ֫רֶךְ‎ noun feminine^{Isa 45:23} knee (Assyrian birku COT^Gloss; Ethiopic Aramaic ‎בֶּרֶךְ‎ ) Isa 45:23 dual ‎בִּרְכַּיִם‎ Job 3:12 + 10 t.; suffix ‎בִּרְכַּי‎ etc. Gen 30:3 + 11 t.; — knee, knees: ‎מים ברכים‎ water reaching to the knees Ezek 47:4 ‎וַתְּנִיעֵנִי על ברכי‎ Dan 10:10 ‎יַכְּכָה בשׁחין רע על‎ ‎הברכים‎ Deut 28:35 ‎כרע על ברכים‎ kneel on knees in worship 1Kgs 8:54; Ezra 9:5 compare Isa 45:23; 1Kgs 19:18; 2Chr 6:13, in entreaty 2Kgs 1:13, to drink of a fountain Judg 7:5; Judg 7:6 ‎שׂם פניו בין ברכיו‎ put his face between his knees in prayer 1Kgs 18:42 ‎על ברכים‎ upon the knees, Gen 30:3 (E; on ‎׳‎‎תֵּלֵד עַל ב‎ see Ploss^{Das Weib Aufi. 2. ii. 180 ff.} Sta^{ZAW 1886, 143 ff.}) Gen 50:23 (E) Job 3:12; Judg 16:10; 2Kgs 4:20; Isa 66:12 ‎הוציא מעם ברכים‎ Gen 48:12 (E); knees as seat of strength, weak from terror Job 4:4; Isa 35:3; Ezek 7:17; Ezek 21:12*; Nah 2:11* or fasting Ps 109:24.

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