Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to select; also (as denominative from 1250) to feed; also (as equivalent to 1305) to render clear (Eccl. 3:18)
KJV Usage: choose, (cause to) eat, manifest, (give) meat
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
בָּרָה (ba.rah) — to eat. 1) to eat, consume 1a) (Qal) to eat 1b) (Piel) for eating, devouring 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to eat
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · בָּרוּת · בְּרֹות · בִּרְיָה
Ingest | verb qal, verb pi
to eat = action by which someone consumes food; ≈ associated with special occasions such as mourning or sickness
verb · בְּרִית
Dissociate | verb qal
to choose = action by which someone makes a selection from among a number of options
1 1SA 17:8 · 1KI 18:25 Some versions read בחר cf.
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
בָּרָה vb. eat Qal eat bread
Pi. for devouring
Hiph. cause to eat bread
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