H1288בָּרַךְkneel, bless
Qal .
1 . kneel down
2 . bless
Niph . bless oneself
Pi .
1 . bless God, adore with bended knees
2 . God blesses
3 . men bless men
4 . salute, greet, with an invocation of blessing
5 . bless, with the antithetical meaning curse from the greeting in departing, saying adieu to, taking leave of; but rather a blessing overdone and so really a curse as in vulgar English as well as in the Shemitic cognates
Pu .
1 . pass. to be blessed, adored
2 . prospered by God
3 . have prosperity invoked, by Balaam
4 . in gratitude
Hiph . and he made his camel kneel
Hithp . bless oneself, congratulate oneself in his heart