Midvash

בָּרִיחַbârîyach

fleeing (Job 26:13; Isaiah 27:1; Isaiah 43:14; Isaiah 15:5)

Pronunciation: baw-ree'-akh · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1281

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • Job 26:13 His Spirit made the heavens beautiful, and his power pierced the gliding serpent.
  • Isaiah 15:5 My heart weeps for Moab. Its people flee to Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah. Weeping, they climb the road to Luhith. Their cries of distress can be heard all along the road to Horonaim.
  • Isaiah 27:1 In that day the Lord will take his terrible, swift sword and punish Leviathan, the swiftly moving serpent, the coiling, writhing serpent. He will kill the dragon of the sea.
  • Isaiah 43:14 This is what the Lord says—your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sakes I will send an army against Babylon, forcing the Babylonians to flee in those ships they are so proud of.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).