Lexical Summary barah: to eat Original Word: בָּרָהTransliteration: barah Phonetic Spelling: (baw-raw') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to eat Meaning: to select, to feed, to render clear Strong's Concordance choose, cause to eat, manifest, give meat A primitive root; to select; also (as denominative from bar) to feed; also (as equivalent to barar) to render clear (Eccl. 3:18) -- choose, (cause to) eat, manifest, (give) meat. see HEBREW bar see HEBREW barar Brown-Driver-Briggs H1262. barah I. בָּרָה verb eat (Assyrian barû & derivatives ZimBP 31) — Qal Perfect 2 Samuel 12:17; Imperfect אֶבְרֶה 13:6, 10 eat bread (בְּרוּלְֿכֶם 1 Samuel 17:8 scribal error for לכם בחרו 1 Kings 18:25 DrSm 107). Pi`el Infinitive לְבָרוֺת Lamentations 4:10 for devouring. Hiph`il Imperfect תַּבְרֵנִי 2 Samuel 13:5; Infinitive לְהַבְרוֺת 3:35 cause to eat bread. |