To bless God

property value
id 3564
local link localhost:8000/hebrew/query?id=3564
original link shebanq.ancient-data.org/hebrew/query?id=3564
created by Diederik Blankesteijn
project MA_Analytical_Tools_2019
organization VU Amsterdam
date created 2019-09-18 21:22:25
date modified 2019-09-18 21:47:21
date shared 2019-09-18 21:47:41

Description

This query shows the cases where God (JHWH or >LHJM) is the object of the verb BRK (usually 'to bless'). A short survey of two Dutch Bible translations (NBV, HSV) shows that it is in these cases usually translated as 'to praise'. Most of the cases are, unsurprisingly, in the book of Psalms. It turns out that 2 Sam. 21:3 is an unwanted result of this query: in this verse, JHWH is part of the subject phrase, but not the subject in the narrow sense. In 1 Kgs 21, BRK is 'to curse'.

Versions

2017

property value
id 4192
TF set q3564-2017
local link localhost:8000/hebrew/query?id=3564&version=2017
original link shebanq.ancient-data.org/hebrew/query?id=3564&version=2017
results 42
words in results 78
date executed 2019-09-18 21:35:16
date modified 2019-09-18 21:35:16
date published 2019-09-18 21:47:41
Emdros version emdros 3.5.3

Query instruction (mql)

Select all objects where
[clause
 [phrase function = Pred
  [word FOCUS lex = 'BRK[']
 ]
..
 [phrase function = Objc
   [[word FOCUS lex = 'JHWH/'] or [word FOCUS lex = '>LHJM/']]
 ]
]
or
[clause
 [phrase function = Objc
   [[word FOCUS lex = 'JHWH/'] or [word FOCUS lex = '>LHJM/']]
 ]
..
 [phrase function = Pred
  [word FOCUS lex = 'BRK[']
 ]
]