- בְּרֵכָה
- בְּרֵיכָה, בְּרֵכָה,f. (b. h.; ברך) pond, lake. Mikv. VI, 11 אחד משלש … לב׳ one three hundred and twentieth part of the bathing pond. Gen. R. s. 39 (ref. to בְּרָכָה Gen. 12:12) קרי ביה ב׳וכ׳ read brekhah, a pond, as the pond cleanses the unclean (by immersion) ; Num. R. s. 11; a. fr.Pl. בְּרֵיכוֹת, בְּרֵכ׳. Makhsh. II, 3.Cmp. נִבְרֶכֶת.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
