Midvash

בָּרָאbârâʼ

בָּרָא: shape, create

Pronunciation: baw-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1254

Meanings

Qal: shape, fashion, create (Genesis 1:1; Genesis 1:21; Genesis 1:27)

4. transform Jerusalem into rejoicing (Psalms 51:12; Isaiah 65:17; Isaiah 41:20)

Niph`al: Pass. (Ezekiel 21:35; Exodus 34:10; Psalms 104:30)

1. be created (Genesis 2:4; Psalms 104:30; Genesis 5:2)

2. in the place where thou wast created, day when thou wast created (Ezekiel 21:35; Ezekiel 28:13; Ezekiel 28:15)

Pi`el

1. cut down (Joshua 17:15; Joshua 17:18; Ezekiel 23:47)

2. cut out (Ezekiel 21:24)

בָּרָא: be fat

Hiph`il: to make yourselves fat (1 Samuel 2:29)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 55 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
  • Genesis 1:21 So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that scurries and swarms in the water, and every sort of bird—each producing offspring of the same kind. And God saw that it was good.
  • Genesis 1:27 So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
  • Genesis 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he rested from all his work of creation.
  • Genesis 2:4 This is the account of the creation of the heavens and the earth. When the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
  • Genesis 5:1 This is the written account of the descendants of Adam. When God created human beings, he made them to be like himself.
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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).