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Isaiah 4:5

“And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

בָּרָאbârâʼ · baw-raw'
H1254 · Hebrew
Definition
(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
choose, create (creator), cut down, dispatch, do, make (fat).
Grammar
  • וּ — conjunction
  • בָרָ֣א — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqq3ms
Usage
Occurs 54 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:1Genesis 1:21Genesis 1:27Genesis 1:27Genesis 1:27

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read בָּרָא here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.