בְּרֵכָה

«בְּרֵכָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: pool — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 17 times · Key: 1295 · BDB: בְּרֵכָה

Glosses

the.pool (8); pool (5); [are].pools (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

pool tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. pool, pond tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. pool, pond (הברכה SI5; Arabic بِرْكَةٌ; Sab. ברכת Sab.Denkm.73; Aramaic בְּרֵיכְתָּא)—ב׳ 2 S 2:13(×2) 4:12 2 K 18:17 (= Is 36:2) 20:20 Ne 3:16 Is 7:3; 22:9, 11; cstr. בְּרֵכַת 2 S 2:13 1 K 22:38 Ne 2:14; 3:15 Na 2:9; pl. בְּרֵכוֹת Ec 2:6 Ct 7:5.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «בְּרֵכָה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Ecclesiastes 2:6

עָשִׂ֥יתִי לִ֖י בְּרֵכ֣וֹת מָ֑יִם לְהַשְׁק֣וֹת מֵהֶ֔ם יַ֖עַר צוֹמֵ֥חַ עֵצִֽים׃

Word for word: I.made for myself pools of.water to water from them a.forest sprouting trees

JPS 1917: I made me pools of water, to water therefrom the wood springing up with trees;

Isaiah 22:9

וְאֵ֨ת בְּקִיעֵ֧י עִיר־דָּוִ֛ד רְאִיתֶ֖ם כִּי־רָ֑בּוּ וַֽתְּקַבְּצ֔וּ אֶת־מֵ֥י הַבְּרֵכָ֖ה הַתַּחְתּוֹנָֽה׃

Word for word: and (et) the.breaches of.the.city of.David you.saw (dm).that they.were.many and you.gathered (et) the.waters of the.pool (the) lower

JPS 1917: And ye saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many; and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

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