- ברק
- בָּרַק(b. h.; √בר, v. ברר) to be bright, shine, flash. B. Bath.97b (יין) בּוֹרֵק white effervescent wine (not fully fermented; Var. בּוֹדֵק searching in the bowels, i. e. causing diarrhœa, v. בָּדַק); Tosef.Men.IX, 9 הַבּוֹרֵיק (sub. יין) the effervescent (wine), v. בָּארַג; Yoma 28b top, v. next w. Tosef.Ter.VII, 16 (read:) ב׳ והניחו if it was effervescent when he left it. Hif. הִבְרִיק 1) (cmp. ברץ ברח) to cut through from end to end. Y.Kil.V, 29d bot. עד שיהא מַבְרִיק כדיוכ׳ until it (the ditch in the vineyard) passes through from end to end, wide enough for man and his tilling cattle. 2) (denom. of בָּרָק) to be affected by lightning, get blind (or get vermin). B. Mets.VI, 3, expl. ib. 78a אבזקת a. נהוריתא.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.