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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - בָּרַר

בָּרַר

H1305

Transliteration: bârar

Pronunciation: baw-rar'

Definition: make bright


Original: בּרר

Transliteration: bârar

Phonetic: baw-rar'

BDB Definition:

  1. to purify, select, polish, choose, purge, cleanse or make bright, test or prove
    1. (Qal)
      1. to purge, purge out, purify
      2. to choose, select
      3. to cleanse, make shining, polish
      4. to test, prove
    2. (Niphal) to purify oneself
    3. (Piel) to purify
    4. (Hiphil)
      1. to purify
      2. to polish arrows
    5. (Hithpael)
      1. to purify oneself
      2. to show oneself pure, just, kind

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 288

Part(s) of speech: Verb


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