- בִּירְכָּא
- בֶּרֶךְ, בִּרְכָּא, בִּירְכָּאch. sam( 1) knee. Y.Ber.I, 3d top. a knee-shaped pole), 1) knee. Targ. Is. 45:23.Pl. בִּרְכַּיָא, בִּרְכֵּי, בִּי׳. Targ. Jud. 7:6; a. e.Ber.6a הנהו ב׳וכ׳ those fatigued knees (of scholars) must be ascribed to them (the demons). Pes.108a, v. זְגָא. 2) = h. בְּרִיכָה. Pl. בִּירְכֵּי shoots, branches. Tam.30a top (Var. in Rashi בְּרִיכֵי, Ar. בורכי).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
