That's a good question, UntoBabes. Appreciate the threads you bring out.
The question is a hard one and all I know to do is to see how else some particular word is used elsewhere.
This word, as you know is, H1288, בּרך bârak - total in the KJV = Occurrences: 324 as --
blessed, 176 Gen_1:22, Gen_1:28, Gen_2:3, Gen_5:2, Gen_9:1, Gen_9:26, Gen_12:3, Gen_17:19-20 (4), Gen_22:18 (2), Gen_24:1, Gen_24:27, Gen_24:31, Gen_24:35, Gen_24:48, Gen_24:60, Gen_25:11, Gen_26:4, Gen_26:12, Gen_26:29, Gen_27:23, Gen_27:27 (2), Gen_27:29, Gen_27:33 (2), Gen_27:41, Gen_28:1, Gen_28:6 (2), Gen_28:14, Gen_30:27, Gen_30:30, Gen_31:55, Gen_32:29, Gen_35:9, Gen_39:5, Gen_47:7, Gen_47:10, Gen_48:3, Gen_48:15, Gen_48:20, Gen_49:28 (2), Exo_20:10-11 (2), Exo_39:43, Lev_9:22-23 (2), Num_22:6, Num_22:12, Num_23:11, Num_23:20, Num_24:9-10 (2), Deu_2:7, Deu_7:14, Deu_12:7, Deu_14:24, Deu_15:14, Deu_16:10, Deu_28:3-6 (6), Deu_33:1, Deu_33:13, Deu_33:20, Deu_33:24, Jos_17:13-14 (2), Jos_22:6-7 (2), Jos_22:33, Jos_24:10, Jdg_13:24 (3), Jdg_17:2, Rth_2:19-20 (2), Rth_3:10, Rth_4:14, 1Sa_2:20, 1Sa_15:13, 1Sa_23:21, 1Sa_25:32-33 (3), 1Sa_25:39, 1Sa_26:25, 2Sa_2:5, 2Sa_6:11-12 (2), 2Sa_6:18, 2Sa_7:29, 2Sa_13:25, 2Sa_18:28, 2Sa_19:39, 2Sa_22:47, 1Ki_1:48, 1Ki_2:45, 1Ki_5:7, 1Ki_8:14-15 (2), 1Ki_8:55-56 (2), 1Ki_8:66, 1Ki_10:9, 1Ch_13:14, 1Ch_16:2, 1Ch_16:36, 1Ch_17:27, 1Ch_26:5, 1Ch_29:10 (2), 1Ch_29:20, 2Ch_2:12, 2Ch_6:3-4 (2), 2Ch_9:8, 2Ch_30:26-27 (2), 2Ch_31:8, 2Ch_31:10, Ezr_7:27, Neh_8:6, Neh_9:5, Neh_11:2, Job_1:10, Job_1:21, Job_31:20, Job_42:12, Psa_18:46, Psa_28:6, Psa_37:21-22 (2), Psa_41:13, Psa_45:2, Psa_49:18, Psa_66:20, Psa_68:19, Psa_68:35, Psa_72:17-19 (3), Psa_89:52, Psa_106:48, Psa_113:2 (2), Psa_115:15, Psa_118:26 (2), Psa_119:12, Psa_124:6, Psa_128:4, Psa_135:21, Psa_144:1, Psa_147:13, Pro_5:18, Pro_20:21, Pro_22:9, Isa_19:25, Isa_51:2, Isa_61:9, Isa_65:23, Isa_66:3, Jer_17:7, Jer_20:14, Eze_3:12, Zec_11:5
bless, 116 Gen_12:2-3 (3), Gen_22:16-17 (3), Gen_26:3, Gen_26:24, Gen_27:4, Gen_27:7, Gen_27:10, Gen_27:19, Gen_27:25, Gen_27:31, Gen_27:34, Gen_27:38, Gen_28:3, Gen_32:26, Gen_48:9, Gen_48:16, Gen_48:20, Gen_49:25, Exo_12:32, Exo_23:24-25 (2), Num_6:23-24 (2), Num_6:27, Num_23:20, Num_23:25, Num_24:1, Deu_1:11, Deu_7:13 (2), Deu_8:10, Deu_10:8, Deu_14:29, Deu_15:4, Deu_15:10, Deu_15:18, Deu_16:15, Deu_21:5, Deu_23:20, Deu_24:13, Deu_24:19, Deu_26:15, Deu_27:12, Deu_28:8, Deu_28:12, Deu_29:19, Deu_30:16, Deu_33:11, Jos_8:33, Jdg_5:9, Rth_2:4, 1Sa_9:13, 2Sa_6:20, 2Sa_7:29, 2Sa_8:10, 2Sa_21:3, 1Ki_1:47, 1Ch_4:10, 1Ch_16:43, 1Ch_17:27, 1Ch_23:13, 1Ch_29:20, Neh_9:5, Psa_5:12, Psa_16:7, Psa_26:12, Psa_28:9, Psa_29:11, Psa_34:1, Psa_63:4 (2), Psa_66:8, Psa_67:1, Psa_67:6-7 (2), Psa_68:26, Psa_96:2, Psa_100:4, Psa_103:1-2 (2), Psa_103:20-22 (4), Psa_104:1, Psa_104:35, Psa_109:28, Psa_115:12-13 (4), Psa_115:18, Psa_128:5, Psa_129:8, Psa_132:15, Psa_134:1-3 (3), Psa_135:19-20 (4), Psa_145:1-2 (2), Psa_145:10, Psa_145:21, Pro_30:11, Isa_19:25, Isa_65:16, Jer_4:2, Jer_31:23, Hag_2:19
blesseth, 8 Gen_27:29, Num_24:9, Deu_15:6, Psa_10:3, Psa_107:38, Pro_3:33, Pro_27:14, Isa_65:16
salute, 4 1Sa_13:10, 1Sa_25:14, 2Ki_4:29 (2)
blessest, 3 Num_22:6, 1Ch_17:27, Psa_65:10
curse, 3 Job_1:10-11 (2), Job_2:5, Job_2:9
blaspheme, 2 1Ki_21:10, 1Ki_21:13
kneel, 2 Gen_24:11, Psa_95:6
abundantly, 1 Psa_132:15
blessing, 1 Gen_22:17
congratulate, 1 1Ch_18:10
cursed, 1 Job_1:5
down, 1 Gen_24:11
kneeled, 1 2Ch_6:13
praise, 1 Jdg_5:2
praised, 1 Psa_72:15
saluted, 1 2Ki_10:15
thanked, 1 2Sa_14:22
The answer is, we don't really know the answer unless, maybe we apply another rule - is to see how the particular author of each seperate book used the word and maybe if we look at how it is used in this book Job, we'll see how that author used it?
Looking forward to see what you and others find. Very interesting thread, UntoBabes. Thanks!
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