BDB1300
I. בָּרָא53 verb shape, create (compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 688] probably loan-word, form, fashion by cutting, shape out, pare a reed for writing, a stick for an arrow, but also [untranscribed source text 689], create; Phoenician הברא CISi. 347 incisor, a trade involving cutting; Assyrian barû , make, create, COTGloss & Hpt KAT2 Gloss 1 but dubious; Sabean ברא found, build, DHMZMG 1883, 413, synonym בנה; BaZA. 1888, 58, compare Assyrian banû , create, beget, with change of liquid; Aramaic בְּרָא, [untranscribed source text 690], create) —
Qal
Perfect
Gen 1:1 + 19 t.;
Imperfect
יִבְרָא
Gen 1:21; Gen 1:27; Num 16:30
Infinitive
בְּראֹ
Gen 5:1
Imperative
בְּרָא
Ps 51:12
Participle
בּוֺרֵא
Isa 42:5 + 10 t.;
suffix בֹּרַאֲךָ
Isa 43:1
בּוֺרְאֶיךָ
Eccl 12:1 —
shape, fashion, create, always of divine activity, with accusative of thing, seldom except in
P
and Isa2.
1. object heaven and earth Gen 1:1; Gen 2:3 (
P
) Isa
45:18
(twice in verse); mankind Gen 1:27 (3 t. in verse); Gen 5:1; Gen 5:2 (
P
) Gen 6:7 (
J
) Deut 4:32
; Ps 89:48
; Isa
45:12
the host of heaven Isa 40:26 heavens Isa 42:5 ends of the earth Isa 40:28 north and south Ps 89:13 wind Amos 4:13 the
תנינים
Gen 1:21 (
P
).
2. the individual man Mal 2:10 (|| father) Eccl 12:1 the smith and the waster Isa 54:16 (twice in verse);
Israel as a nation
Isa 43:15
Jacob Isa 43:1
the
seed of Israel Isa
43:7
.
3. new conditions and circumstances: righteousness and salvation Isa 45:8 darkness and evil Isa 45:7 fruit
of
the lips Isa
57:19
a new thing חֲדָשָׁה (a woman encompassing a man) Jer 31:22
בְּרִיאָה (swallowing up the Korahites) Num 16:30 (
J
); cloud and flame over Zion Isa 4:5.
4. of transformations: a clean heart Ps 51:12 (|| חִדֵּשׁ); new heaven and earth Isa 65:17
(in
place of old); transformation of nature Isa 41:20 with double accusative בורא ירושׁלם גילה
transform Jerusalem into rejoicing
Isa 65:18.
Niph`al
Perfect 2 feminine singular נִבְרֵאתְ
Ezek 21:35
3 plural נִבְרְאוּ
Exod 34:10
+ 2 t.; Imperfect
יִבָּרֵא֑וּן
Ps 104:30
Infinitive suffix הִבָּרַאֲךָ
Ezek 28:13
הִבָּֽרְאָךְ
Ezek 28:15
הִבָּֽרְאָם
Gen 2:4; Gen 5:2
Participle
נִבְרָא
Ps 102:19
— Pass.
1.
be created: heaven and earth Gen 2:4 (
P
); creatures Ps 104:30 mankind Gen 5:2 (
P
); heavens Ps 148:5.
2. with reference to birth: במקום אשׁר נבראת
in the place where thou wast created (i.e. native land) Ezek 21:35
יום הבראך
day when thou wast created (king of Tyre) Ezek 28:13; Ezek 28:15 (compare היום
ילדתיך
Ps 2:7);
עַם נִבְרָא
Ps 102:19
(|| עַם נוֺלָד
Ps 22:32).
3. of something new, astonishing: miracles Exod 34:10 (
J
); new things, חדשׁות
Isa 48:6.
Pi`el
Perfect
בֵּרֵאתָ
Josh 17:15
בֵּרֵאתוֺ
Josh 17:18
Infinitive absolute בָּרֵא
Ezek 21:24
(twice in verse); Ezek 23:47 —
1.
cut down: a forest Josh 17:15; Josh 17:18 (
J
); וּבָרֵא אוֺתְהֶן בְּחַרְבוֺתָם
Ezek
23:47.
2.
cut out:
יָד hand, as an index Ezek 21:24 (twice in verse).