בָּרְכֵ֔ת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בָּרְכֵ֔ת

   bar-KHET

   blessed
2. sentence🔊 וּלְקְצָ֣ת יוֹמַיָּ֩ה אֲנָ֨ה נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֜ר עַינַ֣י לִשְׁמַיָ֣א נִטְלֵ֗ת וּמַנְדְּעִי֙ עֲלַ֣י יְת֔וּב וְלְעִלָּא וּלְעִלָּאָה֙ בָּרְכֵ֔ת וּלְחַ֥י עָלְמָ֖א שַׁבְּחֵ֣ת וְהַדְּרֵ֔ת דִּ֖י שָׁלְטָנֵהּ֙ שָׁלְטָ֣ן עָלַ֔ם וּמַלְכוּתֵ֖הּ עִם־דָּ֥ר וְדָֽר׃

   u-le-KTSAT yo-ma-YA a-NA ne-vu-khad-ne-TSAR a-NAI lish-ma-YA nit-LET u-man-de-I a-LAI ye-TUV ve-le-i-LA u-le-i-la-A bar-KHET u-le-KHAI ol-ma shab-KHET ve-had-RET DI shal-ta-NEH shal-TAN a-LAM u-mal-khu-TEH im-DAR ve-DAR

   and at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar my eyes to heaven lifted and my understanding to me returned and the Most High and to the Most High blessed and the living one forever praised and honored who his dominion a dominion everlasting and his kingdom with generation and generation

Exegesis

The narrative then shifts to worship with two parallel prepositional phrases introducing divine titles: v'leʿillaya barakht {וְלְעִלָּיָא בָּרַכְתְּ | wə-lə-ʿil-lā-yāʾ bā-rakh-te} ‘and to the Most High I blessed’ and v'leḥayyei ʿalma shabbaḥt vehaddart {וְלְחַיֵּי עָלְמָא שַׁבַּחְתְּ וְהַדַּרְתְּ | wə-lə-ḥay-yê ʿāl-māʾ šab-baḥ-te wə-had-dar-te} ‘and to the One who lives forever I praised and I honored.’ The piling up of first person verbs barakht, shabbaḥt, and vehaddart emphasizes an intense, comprehensive response of worship following the restoration of sanity.