ברא

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Aramaic

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

בְּרָא • (b'rā) m (plural בְּנַיָּא, singular feminine counterpart בַּרְתָּא)

  1. son, child

Declension

    declension of ברא
singular plural
absolute בַּר בְּנִין
construct בַּר בְּנֵי
emphatic בְּרָא בְּנַיָּא

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, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      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
Conjugation of בָּרָא (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first בָּרָאתִי בָּרָאנוּ
second בָּרָאתָ בָּרָאת בְּרָאתֶם1 בְּרָאתֶן1
third בָּרָא בָּרְאָה בָּרְאוּ
present בּוֹרֵא בּוֹרֵאת בּוֹרְאִים בּוֹרְאוֹת
future first אֶבְרָא נִבְרָא
second תִּבְרָא תִּבְרְאִי תִּבְרְאוּ תִּבְרֶאנָה2
third יִבְרָא תִּבְרָא יִבְרְאוּ תִּבְרֶאנָה2
imperative בְּרָא בִּרְאִי בִּרְאוּ בְּרֶאנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced בָּרָאתֶם and בָּרָאתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

Etymology 2

Verb

בֵּרֵא • (beré) (pi'el construction)

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

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