# \*bVrVk-: 'to kneel, bless'

> Proto-Semitic *bVrVk-, 'to kneel, bless': reflexes in 23 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [B](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/b/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*bVrVk- |
| Meaning | 'to kneel, bless' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mehri | bǝrūk; hǝbrūk (Rubin 2018 134) | Rubin 2018 134 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | baraka 'to kneel, bless' (BK 1, 116) | BK 1, 116 |  |
| Ugaritic | brk tD, Gpass.; brk (DULAT 234–235) | DULAT 234–235 | gloss withheld |
| Phoenician | brk (Krahmalkov 126); brkt (T 57) | Krahmalkov 126; T 57 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | bārak (HALOT 159); brkh (DNWSI 202) | HALOT 159; DNWSI 202 | gloss withheld |
| Geez | bārəko(t) (OLA80 §42.11) | OLA80 §42.11 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | bᵉrak (HALOT 159) | HALOT 159 |  |
| Tigre | barka (HALOT 159) | HALOT 159 |  |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | brk (HALOT 159; Sabaweb lemma 3969) | HALOT 159; Sabaweb lemma 3969 | gloss withheld |
| Punic | ybarku (HALOT 159); brk, in brktk (Krahmalkov 126); Neo-Punic brk (Krahmalkov 127); Neo-Punic brkt, in ʾbbrktm (Krahmalkov 127) | HALOT 159; Krahmalkov 126; Krahmalkov 127 | gloss withheld |
| Argobba | (əm)bäräkkäka (LGz. 105) | LGz. 105 | gloss withheld |
| Gafat | (tän)birräkä (LGz. 105) | LGz. 105 | gloss withheld |
| Soqotri | borik (LGz. 105) | LGz. 105 | gloss withheld |
| Tigrinya | baräḵä (LGz. 105) | LGz. 105 | gloss withheld |
| Amharic | barräkä (LGz. 105) | LGz. 105 | gloss withheld |
| Gurage | baräkä (LGz. 105) | LGz. 105 | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic brk (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 62) | Al-Jallad–Jaworska 62 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | birketaʾ (T 57) | T 57 |  |
| Mandaic Aramaic | brakaʾ (T 57) | T 57 |  |
| Amorite | yabruk, bariku (Buck 2019, 325); b-r-k: ia-ab-ru-ka-bum, ia-ab-ru-uk-a-bu-um, ba-ri-ku-um (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 124) | Buck 2019, 325; Sanmartín GlOS 1, 124 | gloss withheld |
| Canaanite | EG SYLL bi=ra=ku₂ /\*birkū/ (Hoch 103); bi=-r=ku, bi=ra=ku, bi₂=ra=ku, bi=ra=k /\*birkū/ (Hoch 104–105) | Hoch 103; Hoch 104–105 | gloss withheld |
| Biblical Aramaic | brk pa.; pe. pt. pass. (HALOT 159) | HALOT 159 | gloss withheld |
| Aramaic | brk; bryk (DNWSI 198–202); brkh (DNWSI 202) | DNWSI 198–202; DNWSI 202 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

- [B](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/b/index.md>)

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