ב־ר־א

Hebrew

Etymology

Related to Arabic ب ر ء (b r ʔ) and Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܒ ܪ ܐ (b r ˀ).

Root

ב־ר־א • (b-r-ʾ)

  1. Related to creation.
  2. Related to health, strength, fatness.
  3. Related to clearing woods, cutting trees.

Derived terms

Hebrew terms belonging to the root ב־ר־א (0 c, 9 e)

Further reading

  • ב־ר־א” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
  • ב־ר־א”, in Hebrew dictionary and conjugation tables, Pealim.com
  • A. Murtonen (1989), “BRʾ”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 119
  • Klein, Ernest (1987), A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 82