The meaning of “בְּרֵכָה”
Understanding bᵉrêkâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
(fish-) pool. - a reservoir (at which camels kneel as a resting-place) 1) pool, pond
בְּרֵכָה
(fish-) pool. - a reservoir (at which camels kneel as a resting-place) 1) pool, pond
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Samuel 4:12 | “And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish–bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron. ” Word: בְּרֵכָה (bᵉrêkâh) | |
| 2 Kings 20:20 | “And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?” Word: בְּרֵכָה (bᵉrêkâh) | |
| Nehemiah 3:15 | “But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Col–hozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king’s garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.” Word: בְּרֵכָה (bᵉrêkâh) | |
| Ecclesiastes 2:6 | “I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:” Word: בְּרֵכָה (bᵉrêkâh) | |
| Song of Solomon 7:4 | “Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath–rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.” Word: בְּרֵכָה (bᵉrêkâh) |
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