זֹאת אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּר לָהֶם אֲבִיהֶם וַיְבָרֶךְ
Perhaps properly, to arrange ; but used figuratively (of words), to speak ; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue · to kneel ; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
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דָבַר H1696 perhaps properly, to arrange ; but used figuratively (of words), to speak ; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
בָּרַךְ H1288 to kneel ; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
What does זֹאת אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּר לָהֶם אֲבִיהֶם וַיְבָרֶךְ (zot asher-dibber lahem avihem vayevarekh) mean in the Bible?
דָבַר · בָּרַךְ is a Hebrew word meaning "this is what their father spoke to them and blessed them".
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