Strong H1295H1295Gבְּרֵכָה
(Shelah) Pool
One of the 2 senses of Strong H1295
- Transliteration
- berêkâh
- Pronunciation
- ber-ay-kaw'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Feminine)
Definition
pool, pond
Combined with she.lach (שֶׁ֫לַח "Shelah" H7975A)
Combined with she.lach (שֶׁ֫לַח "Shelah" H7975A)
General definition
From H1288; a reservoir (at which camels kneel as a resting place): - (fish-) pool.
In the biblical story
Shelah
Pool and tunnel in Jerusalem
Shelah, also called Shiloah, the King's Pool, or Siloam, was a pool in Jerusalem fed by the Gihon Spring via Hezekiah's Tunnel (Neh. 3:15; Isa. 8:6; Neh. 2:14; Luke 13:4; John 9:7, 11).
In the Bible
Strong H1295G appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- pool1
First verses
- Nehemiah 2:14Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king’s pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.