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בָּרָא — Brown–Driver–Briggs | Berean Institutes

Brown–Driver–Briggs: בָּרָא

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בָּרָא

bārāʾ

shape

בָּרָא 53 vb. shape, create

Qal Pf.—shape, fashion, create

Niph.—Pass.

1. be created

2. with reference to birth

3. of something new, astonishing

Pi.

1. cut down

2. cut out

Brown–Driver–Briggs — CC-BY-4.0

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) Hebrew Lexicon, openscriptures/HebrewLexicon, CC BY 4.0. Curated by Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project.