Does “Berakhah” Mean Blessing? Originally published December 29-30, 2017
July 23, 2018
Supposedly deriving from the root meaning “knee,” berekh, and thus reflecting genuflecting, “barukh” means “sanctified,” and sometimes we translate it as “blessed.” But just as “sanctified” does not mean “blessed,” so “berakhah” does not really mean “blessing.” Because Hebrew words derive from three-letter roots, they may hold a broader and yet more subtle meaning than […]