HebrewH1295Noun (Feminine)

בְּרֵכָה

be.re.khah

13Occurrences
H1295Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a reservoir (at which camels kneel as a resting-place)

from H1288 (בָרַךְ);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
pool, pond Combined with she.lach (*שֶׁ֫לַח *"Shelah" H7975A)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

בְּרֵכָה appears 13 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Isaiah
4
Nehemiah
3
2 Kings
2
2 Samuel
2
1 Kings
1
Ecclesiastes
1

Key Passages

1 Kings 22:38BSB

And the chariot was washed at the pool of Samaria where the prostitutes bathed, and the dogs licked up Ahab’s blood, according to the word that the LORD had spoken.

2 Kings 20:20BSB

As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, along with all his might and how he constructed the pool and the tunnel to bring water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

2 Samuel 4:12BSB

So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.

Isaiah 22:9BSB

You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David. You collected water from the lower pool.

Isaiah 36:2BSB

And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh, with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And he stopped by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.

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