Dear Dave:
Notice when bara is used to "create" something God is always the
subject. But like many Hebrew words, bara can be used to say something
else. Which, of course, wasn't my point. I was distinguishing between
bara and asah the word used on creation Day Four.
Bara (definition)
1. to create, shape, form
a. (Qal) to shape, fashion, create (always with God as subject)
1. of heaven and earth
2. of individual man
3. of new conditions and circumstances
4. of transformations
b. (Niphal) to be created
1. of heaven and earth
2. of birth
3. of something new
4. of miracles
c. (Piel)
1. to cut down
2. to cut out
2. to be fat
a. (Hiphil) to make yourselves fat
Dick Fischer
Dick Fischer, Genesis Proclaimed Association
Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History
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Received on Mon Jun 19 23:39:14 2006
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