בְּרָכָה
be.ra.khah (H1293)
blessing
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The Hebrew word "בְּרָכָה" (be.ra.khah) is defined as a "blessing." It falls within the semantic domain of "Speech & Communication," indicating its primary function is to convey a favorable or positive message. This word is used 69 times in the Bible, suggesting its significance and importance in the Hebrew language. The word "בְּרָכָה" encompasses a range of positive expressions, from wishing someone well-being and prosperity to acknowledging divine favor. Its usage implies a sense of appreciation, gratitude, or acknowledgement of someone's or something's value. This word can be used in various contexts, including personal relationships, rituals, and communal celebrations. Given its frequency and significance in the Bible, "בְּרָכָה" is a vital concept in Hebrew communication, conveying a sense of positivity, appreciation, and recognition. Its meaning and usage provide insight into the cultural and social values of ancient Hebrew communities, highlighting the importance of expressing gratitude and acknowledging the value of others.
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I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.
What if my father touches me? I will seem to him as a deceiver, and I would bring a curse on myself, and not a blessing.”
He said, “Your brother came with deceit, and has taken away your blessing.”
He said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright. See, now he has taken away my blessing.” He said, “Haven’t you reserved a blessing for me?”
Esau said to his father, “Do you have just one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, my father.” Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
and give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your offspring with you, that you may inherit the land where you travel, which God gave to Abraham.”
Please take the gift that I brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” He urged him, and he took it.
From the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, Yahweh blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake. Yahweh’s blessing was on all that he had, in the house and in the field.
even by the God of your father, who will help you, by the Almighty, who will bless you, with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.
The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of your ancestors, above the boundaries of the ancient hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers.
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them, and blessed them. He blessed everyone according to his own blessing.
Moses said, “Consecrate yourselves today to Yahweh, for every man was against his son and against his brother, that he may give you a blessing today.”
then I will command my blessing on you in the sixth year, and it shall bear fruit for the three years.
the blessing, if you listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, which I command you today;
It shall happen, when Yahweh your God brings you into the land that you go to possess, that you shall set the blessing on Mount Gerizim, and the curse on Mount Ebal.
Yet you may kill and eat meat within all your gates, after all the desire of your soul, according to Yahweh your God’s blessing which he has given you. The unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle and the deer.
Every man shall give as he is able, according to Yahweh your God’s blessing which he has given you.
Nevertheless Yahweh your God wouldn’t listen to Balaam, but Yahweh your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because Yahweh your God loved you.
All these blessings will come upon you, and overtake you, if you listen to Yahweh your God’s voice.
Yahweh will command the blessing on you in your barns, and in all that you put your hand to. He will bless you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
It shall happen, when all these things have come on you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you shall call them to mind among all the nations where Yahweh your God has driven you,
I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your descendants,
This is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
About Naphtali he said, “Naphtali, satisfied with favor, full of Yahweh’s blessing, Possess the west and the south.”
Afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the book of the law.
She said, “Give me a blessing. Because you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water.” So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
She said to him, “Give me a blessing; because you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water.” Then Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.
When David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, “Behold, a present for you from the plunder of Yahweh’s enemies.”
Now therefore let it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you; for you, Lord Yahweh, have spoken it. Let the house of your servant be blessed forever with your blessing.”
He returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him; and he said, “See now, I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel. Now therefore, please take a gift from your servant.”
Don’t listen to Hezekiah.’ For the king of Assyria says, ‘Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and everyone of you eat from his own vine, and everyone from his own fig tree, and everyone drink water from his own cistern;
Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, “Stand up and bless Yahweh your God from everlasting to everlasting! Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise!
because they didn’t meet the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them; however our God turned the curse into a blessing.
the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
Salvation belongs to Yahweh. May your blessing be on your people.
For you meet him with the blessings of goodness. You set a crown of fine gold on his head.
For you make him most blessed forever. You make him glad with joy in your presence.
He shall receive a blessing from Yahweh, righteousness from the God of his salvation.
All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His offspring is blessed.
Passing through the valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs. Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.
Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn’t delight in blessing, and it was far from him.
Neither do those who go by say, “The blessing of Yahweh be on you. We bless you in Yahweh’s name.”
like the dew of Hermon, that comes down on the hills of Zion; for there Yahweh gives the blessing, even life forever more.
Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot.
By the blessing of the upright, the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
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