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# בָּרוּר

Biblical Hebrew

**purify** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

purify [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b8_5bc_5e8_5d5_5bc_5e8/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

בָּרַר: vb. purify, select [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b8_5bc_5e8_5d5_5bc_5e8/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. purify, select (cf. Assyrian barâru, be shining, in deriv. ZimBP 46, 73 Belser BAS ii. 154; Arabic بِرٌّ pious, kind, true; بَرَّ he was pious, good, virtuous, honest)— Pf. בָּרוֹתִי Ez 20:38; Inf. sf. לְבָרָם Ec 3:18, Ges§ 67 p; cf. לָבוּר 9:1 (si vera l.) as metaplastic form, but on text vid. בּוּר supra p. 101; Pt. pass. m. בָּרוּר Jb 33:3 + 4 times; f. בְּרוּרָה Ne 5:18 Zp 3:9;— purge out, purify: וּבָרוֹתִי מִכֶּם הַמֹּרְדִים and I will purge out from among you the rebels Ez 20:38; שָׂפָה בְרוּרָה a purified lip Zp 3:9; בָּרוּר מִלֵּל֑וּ utter in a pure, sincere manner Jb 33:3. choose, select, only Pt. and in Chronicler: chosen, valiant men 1 Ch 7:40; porters 1 Ch 9:22; musicians 1 Ch 16:41; sheep Ne 5:18. cleanse, make shining, polish, pt. pass. חֵץ בָּרוּר polished arrow Is 49:2 (cf. De & Je 51:11 infr.) test, prove Ec 3:18 לְבָרָם הָאֱלֹהִים that God may prove them (RV);—on 9:1 v. בּוּר. הִבָּרוּ Is 52:11; Pt. נָבָר 2 S 22:27 (= ψ 18:27);—purify oneself: ceremonially, the bearers of the sacred vessels Is 52:11. morally 2 S 22:27 = ψ 18:27. Inf. לְבָרֵר Dn 11:35 purify (‖ לִצְרוֹף, לַלְבֵּן). Inf. לְהָבַר Je 4:11 purify, cleanse. Imv. הָבֵרוּ הַחִצִּים Je 51:11 polish arrows (vid. 3 above). Impf. יִתְבָּרֲרוּ Dn 12:10 purify oneself. תִּתְכָּרַר ψ 18:27 = תִּתָּבָר 2 S 22:27 shew oneself pure, just, kind.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech differs, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech differs, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: purified (2).

## In the verses

[Job 33:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.33.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.33.3/#tree)

יֹֽשֶׁר־לִבִּ֥י אֲמָרָ֑י וְדַ֥עַת שְׂ֝פָתַ֗י בָּר֥וּר מִלֵּֽלוּ׃

*Word for word:* \[are\].the.uprightness my.heart my words my and the.knowledge my.lips my purified they.utter

*JPS 1917:* My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart; and that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.

[Zephaniah 3:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.3.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.3.9/#tree)

כִּֽי־אָ֛ז אֶהְפֹּ֥ךְ אֶל־עַמִּ֖ים שָׂפָ֣ה בְרוּרָ֑ה לִקְרֹ֤א כֻלָּם֙ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֔ה לְעָבְד֖וֹ שְׁכֶ֥ם אֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* (dm) then I.will.restore to peoples a.lip purified to call of.them all on the.name of.Yahweh to serve him a.shoulder one

*JPS 1917:* For then will I turn to the peoples a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve Him with one consent.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5d1_5b8_5bc_5e8_5d5_5bc_5e8.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b8_5bc_5e8_5d5_5bc_5e8/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).