Barah בָּרָה
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| בָּרָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | barah |
| Strong's number | H1262 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to eat |
| Occurrences | 6 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | 2 Samuel (4) |
Barah (Hebrew בָּרָה, Strong's H1262) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to eat”. It occurs 6 times in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to eat, consume
1a) (Qal) to eat
1b) (Piel) for eating, devouring
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to eat
1a) (Qal) to eat
1b) (Piel) for eating, devouring
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to eat
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | eat (4), choose (1), cause (1), give (1), meat (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | choose (1), eat (1), give me something (1), i may eat (1), i may eat it (1), their food (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Barah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 17:8And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.And Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and array yourselves for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against me.
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 3:35And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.Then all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!”
- 2 Samuel 13:5And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.Jonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare it in my sight so I may watch her and eat it from her hand.’”
- 2 Samuel 13:6So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.So Amnon lay down and feigned illness. When the king came to see him, Amnon said, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.”
- 2 Samuel 13:10And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.Then Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food into the bedroom, so that I may eat it from your hand.” Tamar took the cakes she had made and went to her brother Amnon’s bedroom.
Lamentations
- Lamentations 4:10The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).