Hebrew

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Root

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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

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Further reading

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  • 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