See ברא in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "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.\"",
"ref": "a. 217 C.E., Mishnah. Berachot, section 6.1:",
"roman": "'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.",
"text": "עַל פֵּרוֹת הָאִילָן אוֹמֵר, בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הָעֵץ, חוּץ מִן הַיַּיִן, שֶׁעַל הַיַּיִן אוֹמֵר בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הַגָּפֶן. וְעַל פֵּרוֹת הָאָרֶץ אוֹמֵר בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הָאֲדָמָה",
"translation": "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.\"",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To create (when act of a deity)."
],
"links": [
[
"create",
"create"
]
],
"tags": [
"construction-pa'al"
]
}
],
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],
"word": "ברא"
}
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
"Hebrew lemmas",
"Hebrew pi'el verbs",
"Hebrew verbs",
"Hebrew ל״א pi'el verbs",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"forms": [
{
"form": "בֵּרֵא",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "beré",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "pi",
"tr": "beré",
"wv": "בֵּרֵא",
"ל": "א"
},
"expansion": "בֵּרֵא • (beré) (pi'el construction)",
"name": "he-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Biblical Hebrew"
],
"glosses": [
"To clear, to clear-cut, to cut down."
],
"links": [
[
"clear",
"clear"
],
[
"clear-cut",
"clear-cut"
],
[
"cut down",
"cut down"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Biblical Hebrew) To clear, to clear-cut, to cut down."
],
"tags": [
"Biblical-Hebrew",
"construction-pi'el"
]
}
],
"word": "ברא"
}
Download raw JSONL data for ברא meaning in Hebrew (8.0kB)
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"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'to-infinitive'",
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"section": "Hebrew",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "ברא",
"trace": ""
}
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