בְּרַךְ, בְּרֵיךְ ch. same. Part. Peil בְּרִיךְ blessed. Targ. Gen. IX, 26; a. fr.—Sabb. 67ᵃ, a. fr. קודשא ב׳ הוא the Holiness (Holy One), blessed be He. Cant. R. to. IV, 4; Gen. R. s. 32 הדין טורא בְּרִיכָא this blessed mount (Gerizim, revered by the Samaritans; Deut. R. s. 3 קדיש).
Pa. - בָּרֵיךְ, בָּרִיךְ as preced. Pi. 1) to bless &c. Targ. Deut. VIII, 10; a. fr.—Esp. to say grace after meal. Ber. 46ᵃ כי מטי לְבָרוּכֵי וכ׳ when it was time to say grace, he said, Will you please, say grace for us. Y. ib. VI, 10ᵇ מהו למיבָרְכָה בסופה what benediction must be said after it? Ib. bot. לא אנא חכים מברכא I do not know how to say grace after it.—Part. pass. מְבָרַךְ. Targ. Y. II, Gen. XLIX, 2. —2) to blaspheme. Targ. Job II, 9.—Snh. 56ᵃ לישנא דברוכי in the sense of blaspheming.
Ithpe. - אִתְבָּרֵיךְ as preced. Hithpa. Targ. Gen. XII, 3; a. fr.