בְּרֵכָה
bᵉrêkâh · ber-ay-kaw'
a reservoir (at which camels kneel as a resting-place)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1288 (בָרַךְ);
a reservoir (at which camels kneel as a resting-place)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (fish-) pool.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › the head, the highest › the open hand that covers › to reveal, behold
The house, what is within of the head, the highest of the open hand that covers that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בְּרֵכָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- pool6 · 35%
- by the pool1 · 6%
- the one on the one side of the pool1 · 6%
- and the other on the other side of the pool1 · 6%
- over the pool1 · 6%
- in the pool1 · 6%
- a pool1 · 6%
- of the pool1 · 6%
- and to the pool1 · 6%
- me pools1 · 6%
- like the fishpools1 · 6%
- like a pool1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.