H1254. bara

' I. בָּרָא‎₅₃ verb shape, create (compare Arabic probably loan-word, form, fashion by cutting, shape out, pare a reed for writing, a stick for an arrow, but also , create; Phoenician הברא‎ CIS^{i. 347} incisor, a trade involving cutting; Assyrian barû, make, create, COT^{Gloss &} Hpt KAT^{2Gloss 1} but dubious; Sabean ברא‎ found, build, DHM^{ZMG 1883, 413, synonym} בנה‎; Ba^{ZA. 1888, 58}, compare Assyrian banû, create, beget, with change of liquid; Aramaic בְּרָא‎, , create) —

Qal Perfect Genesis 1:1 19t.; Imperfect יִבְרָא‎ 1:21, 27; Numbers 16:30; Infinitive בְּראֹ‎ Genesis 5:1; Imperative בְּרָא‎ Psalm 51:12; Participle בּוֺרֵא‎ Isaiah 42:5 10t.; suffix בֹּרַאֲךָ‎ 43:1; בּוֺרְאֶיךָ‎ Ecclesiastes 12:1; — shape, fashion, create, always of divine activity, with accusative of thing, seldom except in P and Isa².

1 object heaven and earth Genesis 1:1; 2:3 (P) Isaiah 45:18 (twice in verse); mankind Genesis 1:27 (3 t. in verse); 5:1-2,(P) 6:7 (J) Deuteronomy 4:32; Psalm 89:48; Isaiah 45:12; the host of heaven 40:26; heavens 42:5; ends of the earth 40:28; north and south Psalm 89:13; wind Amos 4:13; the תנינים‎ Genesis 1:21 (P).

2 the individual man Malachi 2:10 ("" father) Ecclesiastes 12:1; the smith and the waster Isaiah 54:16 (twice in verse); Israel as a nation 43:15; Jacob 43:1; the seed of Israel 43:7.

3 new conditions and circumstances: righteousness and salvation Isaiah 45:8; darkness and evil 45:7; fruit of the lips 57:19; a new thing חֲדָשָׁה‎ (a woman encompassing a man) Jeremiah 31:22; בְּרִיאָה‎ (swallowing up the Korahites) Numbers 16:30 (J); cloud and flame over Zion Isaiah 4:5.

4 of transformations: a clean heart Psalm 51:12 ("" חִדֵּשׁ‎); new heaven and earth Isaiah 65:17 (in place of old); transformation of nature 41:20; with double accusative גילה ירושׁלם בורא‎ transform Jerusalem into rejoicing 65:18.

Niph`al Perfect2feminine singular נִבְרֵאתְ‎ Ezekiel 21:35; 3plural נִבְרְאוּ‎ Exodus 34:10 2t.; Imperfect יִבָּרֵא֑וּן‎ Psalm 104:30; Infinitive suffix הִבָּרַאֲךָ‎ Ezekiel 28:13; הִבָּֽרְאָךְ‎ 28:15; הִבָּֽרְאָם‎ Genesis 2:4; 5:2; Participle נִבְרָא‎ Psalm 102:19; — Pass.

1 be created: heaven and earth Genesis 2:4 (P); creatures Psalm 104:30; mankind Genesis 5:2 (P); heavens Psalm 148:5.

2 with reference to birth: נבראת אשׁר במקום‎ in the place where thou wast created (i.e. native land) Ezekiel 21:35; הבראך יום‎ day when thou wast created (king of Tyre) Ezekiel 28:13, 15 (compare ילדתיך היום‎ Psalm 2:7); נִבְרָא עַם‎ 102:19 ("" נוֺלָד עַם‎ Psalm 22:32).

3 of something new, astonishing: miracles Exodus 34:10 (J); new things, חדשׁות‎ Isaiah 48:6.

Pi`el Perfect בֵּרֵאתָ‎ Joshua 17:15; בֵּרֵאתוֺ‎ 17:18; Infinitive absolute בָּרֵא‎ Ezekiel 21:24 (twice in verse); 23:47; —

1 cut down: a forest Joshua 17:15, 18 (J); בְּחַרְבוֺתָם אוֺתְהֶן וּבָרֵא‎ Ezekiel 23:47.

2 cut out: יָד‎ hand, as an index Ezekiel 21:24 (twice in verse).

II. [בָּרָא‎] verb be fat (Arabic be free of a thing, sound, healthy; see מרא‎) —

Hiph`il Infinitive לְהַבְרִיאֲכֶם‎ 1 Samuel 2:29 to make yourselves fat.