H1288

H1288: H1288. H1288 בָּרַךְ kneel, bless Qal. .1. . kneel down 2. . bless

Niph. . bless oneself Pi. . 1. . bless God, adore with bended knees 2. . God blesses 3. . men bless men 4. . salute, greet, with an invocation of blessing 5. . bless, with the antithetical meaning curse from the greeting in departing, saying adieu to, taking leave of; but rather a blessing overdone and so really a curse as in vulgar English as well as in the Shemitic cognates

Pu. . 1. . pass. to be blessed, adored 2. . prospered by God 3. . have prosperity invoked, by Balaam 4. . in gratitude

Hiph. . and he made his camel kneel Hithp. . bless oneself, congratulate oneself in his heart