ברא

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Aramaic

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Pronunciation

Noun

בְּרָא (b'rām (plural בְּנַיָּא, singular feminine counterpart בַּרְתָּא)

  1. son, child

Declension

Verb

בְּרָא (b'rā)

  1. to create

Hebrew

Root
ב־ר־א (b-r-ʾ)

Etymology 1

Cognate with Arabic بَرَأَ (baraʔa).

Pronunciation

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Verb

בָּרָא (bará) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נִבְרָא)

  1. To create (when act of a deity).
    • Tanach, Genesis 1:27:
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      וַיִּבְרָא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאָדָם בְּצַלְמוֹ בְּצֶלֶם אֱלֹהִים בָּרָא אֹתוֹ זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה בָּרָא אֹתָם׃
      Va-yivrá Elohím et ha-adám b-tsalmó, b-tsélem Elohím bará otó, zakhár u-n'qevá bará otám.
      And God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them.
    • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Berachot 6:1:
      עַל פֵּרוֹת הָאִילָן אוֹמֵר, בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הָעֵץ, חוּץ מִן הַיַּיִן, שֶׁעַל הַיַּיִן אוֹמֵר בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הַגָּפֶן. וְעַל פֵּרוֹת הָאָרֶץ אוֹמֵר בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הָאֲדָמָה
      'Al perót ha-ilán omér, boréi p'ri ha-'etz, ḥutz min ha-yáyin, she-'al ha-yáyin omér boréi p'ri ha-gáfen. V-'al perót ha-áretz omer, boréi p'ri ha-adamá.
      On tree fruits say, "He creates the fruit of the tree," except for on wine, for on wine say, "He creates the fruit of the vine." And on ground fruits say, "He creates the fruit of the earth."
Conjugation

References

Etymology 2

Verb

בֵּרֵא (beré) (pi'el construction)

  1. (Biblical Hebrew) To clear, to clear-cut, to cut down.

Anagrams