Original: בָּרָא

Transliteration: bârâʼ

Phonetic: baw-raw'

Short Definition: Choose

Original: בּרא

Transliteration: bârâ'

Phonetic: baw-raw'

BDB Definition:

1. to create, shape, form
   1. (Qal) to shape, fashion, create (always with God as subject)
      1. of heaven and earth
      2. of individual man
      3. of new conditions and circumstances
      4. of transformations
   2. (Niphal) to be created
      1. of heaven and earth
      2. of birth
      3. of something new
      4. of miracles
   3. (Piel)
      1. to cut down
      2. to cut out
2. to be fat
   1. (Hiphil) to make yourselves fat

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 278

Part(s) of speech: Verb

Cognate: H1274, H1277