Original Word: אַבְרֵךְ
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: abrek
Phonetic Spelling: (ab-rake')
Definition: to kneelWord Origin
probably of foreign origin
Definition
to kneel
NASB Translation
bow the knee (1).

אַבְרֵךְ proclaimed before Joseph Genesis 41:43 (meaning dubious; many Egyptian derivatives proposed; e.g. a-bor-k, Coptic = prostrate thyself! Spiegelb^{Randglossen 14 ff.} explained as Egyptian ±brk = give attention! Benfey^{Verh. d. äg. Spr. z. Semitic 302 f}; ¹prek, = head bowed! Chabas^{RA 1}, — but ¹ = ע see also Wiedemann^{Altäg. Wörter 1883, 8}; apreχ-u, head of the wise, Harkavy^{Berl. äg. Zeltschr. 1869}; (but Jeremiah 46:15 many MSS. ᵐ5 Aq Symm Theod ᵑ9 many moderns read אַבִּירֶ֑ךָ thy bull, i.e. Apis). — אַבִרֵךְ: Spiegelberg^{Randglossen 14ff.} explains as Egyptian °brk = give attention! åb-rek, rejoice thou! Cook^{Speaker's Comm. Gn. on the passage and p. 482}; Lepage Renouf^{PSBA.nov.1888, 5 f} åb(u)-rek, thy command is our desire, i.e. we are at thy service; Say^{Rel. Babylonian 183} Assyrian abrikku = Akkadian abrik, vizier (unpublished tablet), see already Dl^{W; L 134 c., 1. 11. 12} who compare Assyrian abarakku = title, perhaps grand vizier; against Dl, see COT & Nö^{ZMG 1886, 734}).

אַבְרָם, אַבְשַׁי see אֲבִירָם, אֲבִישַׁי below II. אבה.

אַבְשָׁלוֺם, אַבְשָׁלֹם see אֲבִישָׁלוֺם below II. אבה.

אגא (compare Arabic , flee Frey). **Authority for Arabic verb flee is slender, but word occurs as proper name, of a mountain, and elsewhere (GFM, privately).

bow the knee

Probably an Egyptian word meaning kneel -- bow the knee.

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