בריכה

בְּרִיכָהf. (ברך) 1) bending the knee. Gen. R. s. 39; Y.Ber.I, 3c bot. (diff. fr. כריעה). Ib. 3d top לך ב׳ unto thee bending is due; a. e. 2) (denomin. of בֶּרֶךְ) knee, young shoot. Orlah I, 5 if a tree has been dying ובו ב׳וכ׳ but there is a shoot on it …: the old stem is again like a young shoot (with ref. to the fruits of the first years, v. עָרְלָה). R. Hash. 15b; Tosef.Shebi.IV, 20 ed. Zuck. אילן העושה ב׳ אחת (ed. ברך) a tree which shoots only once a year (its fruits growing all at once), opp. שתי בריכות (expl. R. Hash. l. c. כעין שתי ב׳) two crops, i. e. early and late fruits. 3) (from the position of the hatching bird) brood, esp. of doves. B. Bath.V, 3; Bets.10a ב׳ ראשונה the first brood of the year.Pl. בְּרִיכוֹת. R. Hash. l. c.; Tosef. Shebi. l. c. Yeb.63a בִּרְכּוֹת, v. בָּרַךְ Hif.