the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Strong's #1272 - בָּרַח
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- to go through, flee, run away, chase, drive away, put to flight, reach, shoot (extend), hurry away
- (Qal)
- to go, pass through
- to flee
- to hasten, come quickly
- (Hiphil)
- to pass through
- to cause to flee, put to flight
- to drive away
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2038) hrb (ברהה BRHh) AC: Flee CO: Fugitive AB: ?
V) hrb (ברהה BRHh) - Flee: KJV (65): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) ee, chase, fain, flight, haste, reach, shoot - Strongs: H1272 (בָּרַח)
bm) hirb (בריהה BRYHh) - I. Fugitive: II. KJV (44): bar, fugitive, crooked, piercing, noble - Strongs: H1280 (בְּרִיחַ), H1281 (בָּרִחַ)
hm ) hrbm (מברהה MBRHh) - Fugitive: KJV (1): fugitive - Strongs: H4015 (מִבְרָח)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Qal Perfect בָּרַח Genesis 31:22 9t., בָּֽרְחוּ Job 9:25, בָּרָ֑חוּ Isaiah 22:3; Imperfect יִבְרַח Job 20:24, יִבְרָ֑ח Job 27:22; Nehemiah 6:11, וַיִּבְרַח Genesis 31:21 13t.; 3 feminine singular וַתִּבְרַח Genesis 16:6, אֶבְרָ֑ח Psalm 139:7, יִבְרְחוּ Jeremiah 52:7, וַיִּבְרְחוּ 2 Samuel 4:3 4t., נִבְרָחָ֑ה 2 Samuel 15:14; Imperative בְּרַח Genesis 27:43 3t., בִּרְחוּ Isaiah 48:20; Infinitive absolute בָּרוֺחַ Job 27:22; construct בְּרֹחַ 1 Samuel 23:6 3t., בִּרוֺחַ Jonah 1:3; suffix בָּרְחִי 1 Kings 2:7, בָּרְחֲךָ Genesis 31:5, בָּרְחוֺ Genesis 35:7 2t.; —
1 go or pass though, of Baruch , וַיַּעַשׂ אֶתהַֿבְּרִיחַלִ֗֗֗בְרֹחַ Exodus 36:33 (P).
2 flee Genesis 31:20; Genesis 21:21; Genesis 31:22 (E) Exodus 14:5 (J) Judges 9:21; 1 Samuel 19:12,18; 1 Samuel 22:17; 2 Samuel 13:34,37,38 (strike out Dr compare We) 2 Samuel 15:14; Isaiah 22:3; Jeremiah 4:29; Jeremiah 26:21; Jeremiah 39:4; Jeremiah 52:7; Nehemiah 6:11; figurative of days fleeing away Job 9:25; of Prayer of Manasseh , like a shadow Job 14:2; with מִן flee from a place 1 Samuel 20:1; 2 Samuel 19:10; 9+ מֵעַל person) Isaiah 48:20, a weapon Job 20:24; a person, with מֵאֵת 1 Kings 11:23, usually with מִמְּנֵי Genesis 16:6,8; Genesis 31:27; Genesis 35:1,7; Exodus 2:15 (all J E) Judges 11:3; 2 Samuel 21:11; 1 Kings 2:7; 1 Kings 12:2 2 Chronicles 10:2; Psalm 3:1; Psalm 57:1 (titles) Psalm 139:7; Jonah 1:10; ׳מִיַּד י figurative Job 27:22; flee to, with accusative place 1 Samuel 27:4; 1 Kings 11:40; Hosea 12:13; with place & לְ Nehemiah 13:10; with place & ָ ה locative Jonah 1:3; Jonah 4:2; 2 Samuel 4:3; with place & אֶלֿ Numbers 24:11; Amos 7:12; with אֶלֿ & person 1 Samuel 23:6; Genesis 27:43 (J) 1 Kings 2:39; 1 Kings 11:40; אַחֲרֵי & person 1 Samuel 22:20; flee, followed by infinitive 1 Kings 11:17; Daniel 10:7.
3 flee = hasten, come quickly Song of Solomon 8:14.
Hiph`il Perfect הִבְרִיחוּ 1 Chronicles 8:13; Imperfect יַבְרִיחַ Proverbs 19:26; suffix יַבְרִיחֶנּוּ Job 41:20, וָאַבְרִחֵהוּ Nehemiah 13:28, וַיַּבְרִיחוּ 1 Chronicles 12:15; Participle מַבְרִחַ Exodus 26:28; —
1 pass through literal Exodus 26:28 (P) compare Qal. 2. cause to flee, put to flight, animal Job 41:20, men 1 Chronicles 8:18; 1 Chronicles 12:16; drive away Proverbs 19:16; Nehemiah 13:28 (followed by מֵעָלַי).
בָּרַח fut. יִבְרַה.
(1) to pass through, to reach across (prop. I believe, burchfchneiden, durchbrechen, to cut through, to break through; compare בָּרַךְ, and see, as to the sense of cutting, breaking in, the verbs beginning with בר, פר, under the verb בָּרָא), Exodus 36:33, “and he made the middle bar לִבְרֹחַ בְּתוֹךְ הַקְּרָשִׂים מִן־הַקָּצֶה אֶל־הַקָּצֶה to pass through the middle of the boards from one end to the other.” Comp. Hiphil No. 1 and בְּרִיחַ a bar, bolt. Hence
(2) to flee, to flee away, Germ. durchbrechen, durchgehn, to break away. (Arab. بَرِحَ to go away, to depart from its place, to go away to a desert land, entweichen, إِبْنُ بَرِيح a gazelle, from its fleeing.) Const. absol. Genesis 31:22, 27 Genesis 31:27; 1 Samuel 19:18 with an acc. of the place fled to, 1 Samuel 27:4 also followed by לְ, Nehemiah 13:10 אֶל Numbers 24:11, and מִן of the place fled from, 1 Samuel 20:1. The person fled from takes the prefix מִפְּנֵי Genesis 16:8, 35:1, Genesis 35:7מִלִּפְנֵי Jonah 1:3 מִן Isaiah 48:20 מִיַּד (from his hand, i.e. his power) Job 27:22, מֵאֵת (prop. from near) 1 Kings 11:23. It differs from הִמָּלֵט to escape, 1 Samuel 19:12, וַיֵּלֶךְ וַיִּבְרַח וַיִּמָּלֵט “he went, and fled, and escaped.” A dative is sometimes added to an imperative, בְּרַח לִךָ Germ. mache dich fort, rette dich, Genesis 27:43; Numbers 24:11; Amos 7:12, comp. the French s’enfuir.
Note. In one passage, Exodus 14:5, some following Michaëlis have incorrectly compared the Arab. بَرَحَ to turn the left side; for it might be well said of a people that they fled when Pharaoh was expecting them to return after three days [but how does it appear that he had any such expectation?], but who instead were about to enter Arabia.
Hiphil.
(1) i.q. Kal No. 1. Exodus 26:28.
(2) to put to flight, cause to flee, Job 41:20 also to expel, to chase away, Nehemiah 13:28.
Derived nouns are בְּרִיחַ, מִברָח, and