Senses
1. pool, pond — A natural or artificial body of standing water, used for water storage or irrigation. Hebrew berēkāh denotes a pool or pond, cognate with Arabic birkah. Attested in references to specific named pools (pool of Gibeon, pool of Samaria, pool of Siloam, pool of Heshbon) as well as generic pools. All occurrences share the same core meaning regardless of morphological form (absolute, construct, plural, or with preposition). 17×
AR["البِركَةِ","البِرْكَةَ","البِرْكَةِ","الـ-بِرْكَةِ","الْبِرْكَةِ","بِركَةِ","بِرَكَ-","بِرَكُ","بِرْكَةِ","كَبِرْكَةِ"]·ben["-জলাশয়ের","-পুকুর-মতো","-পুকুরের","জলাধার","জলাশয়","জলাশয়ের","পুকুর","পুকুরসমূহ","পুকুরের","পুকুরের-মতো-"]·DE["[ברכות]","[ברכת]","[הברכה]","[כברכת]","der-Teich","der-pool","pool-von"]·EN["like-a-pool-of-","of-the-upper","pool-of","pools","pools-of","the-pool"]·FR["[ברכת]","[הברכה]","le-pool","les-étangs","pool-de","puits","étang"]·heb["בריכות","בריכת","ברכת","ה-בריכה","ה-ברכה","כ-בריכת-"]·HI["जैसे-तालाब-","तालाब","तालाब-का","तालाब-की","तालाब-के","ह-तालाब"]·ID["Kolam","kolam","kolam-itu","kolam-kolam","seperti-kolam-"]·IT["[כברכת]","il-piscina","la-piscina","piscina-di","pools","pools-of","stagno"]·jav["blumbang","blumbang-blumbang","kados-blumbang","kolam","lan-"]·KO["같음-이라-못","그-못의","그-연못","못-의","못들-이라","못의","연못","연못가","연못과","연못들","연못의"]·PT["Tanque-de","a-piscina","açude-de","o-açude","o-reservatório","o-tanque","piscina-de","piscinas","tanque-de","tanques-de","é-como-tanque-de-"]·RU["водоём","водоёма","водоёму","водоёмы","как-пруд"]·ES["como-estanque-de","del-estanque","el-estanque","estanque-de","estanques-de","la-piscina"]·SW["birika","bwawa","bwawa-la","dimbwi-la","kama-bwawa-la-","mabwawa","madimbwi","wa-birika","wa-dimbwi","ya-bwawa"]·TR["havuz","havuz-gibi-","havuza","havuzlar","havuzlari","havuzu","havuzu-","havuzun","havuzuna","havuzunun"]·urd["تالاب","تالاب-کی","تالاب-کی-طرح","تالاب-کے","حوض"]
2 Sam 2:13, 2 Sam 2:13, 2 Sam 2:13, 2 Sam 4:12, 1 Kgs 22:38, 2 Kgs 18:17, 2 Kgs 20:20, Neh 2:14, Neh 3:15, Neh 3:16, Eccl 2:6, Song 7:4 (+5 more)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† בְּרֵכָה 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.