Lexical Definition

‎בָּרַר‎ bârar (baw-rar') to purify ^H:V
a primitive root

make bright, choice, chosen, cleanse (be clean), clearly, polished, (shew self) pure(-ify), purge (out).

• to clarify (i.e. brighten), examine, select

1) to purify, select, polish, choose, purge, cleanse or make bright, test or prove
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to purge, purge out, purify
1a2) to choose, select
1a3) to cleanse, make shining, polish
1a4) to test, prove
1b) (Niphal) to purify oneself
1c) (Piel) to purify
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to purify
1d2) to polish arrows
1e) (Hithpael)
1e1) to purify oneself
1e2) to show oneself pure, just, kind

See Greek: ἁγιάζω · ἅγιον · ἀφορίζω · διακρίνω · ἐκλέγομαι · παρασκευάζω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎בָּרַר‎] verb purify, select (compare Assyrian barâru, be shining, in derivatives Zim^{BP 46. 73} Belser^{BAS ii. 154}; Arabic pious, kind, true; he was pious, good, virtuous, honest) —

Qal Perfect ‎בָּרוֺתִי‎ Ezek 20:38 Infinitive suffix ‎לְבָרָם‎ Eccl 3:18, Ges^{«GKC:67»§ 67} R, 3; compare ‎לָבוּר‎ Eccl 9:1 (si vera lectio) as metaplastic form, but on text see ‎בּוּר‎ above; Participle passive masculine ‎בָּרוּר‎ Job 33:3 + 4 t.; feminine ‎בְּרוּרָה‎ Neh 5:18; Zeph 3:9 —

1. purge out, purify: ‎וּבָרוֺתִי‎ ‎מִכֶּם הַמֹּרְדִים‎ and I will purge out from among you the rebels Ezek 20:38 ‎שָׂפָה בְּרוּרָה‎ a purified lip Zeph 3:9 ‎בָּרוּר מִלֵּל֑וּ‎ utter in a pure, sincere manner Job 33:3.

2. choose, select, only Participle and in Chronicler: chosen, valiant men 1Chr 7:40 porters 1Chr 9:22 musicians 1Chr 16:41 sheep Neh 5:18.

3. cleanse, make shining, polish, passive participle ‎חֵץ בָּרוּר‎ polished arrow Isa 49:2 (compare De & Jer 51:11 below)

4. test, prove Eccl 3:18 ‎לְבָרָם‎ ‎הָאֱלֹהִים‎ that God may prove them (RV); — on Eccl 9:1 see ‎בּוּר‎. Niph`al ‎הִבָּרוּ‎ Isa 52:11 Participle ‎נָבָר‎ 2Sam 22:27 (= Ps 18:27*); — purify oneself:
a. ceremonially, the bearers of the sacred vessels Isa 52:11.
b. morally 2Sam 22:27 = Ps 18:27*. Pi`el Infinitive ‎לְבָרֵר‎ Dan 11:35 purify (|| ‎לִצְרוֺף‎, ‎לַלְבֵּן‎).

Hiph`il 1. Infinitive ‎לְהָבַר‎ Jer 4:11 purify, cleanse.

2. Imperative ‎הָבֵרוּ‎ ‎הַחִצִּים‎ Jer 51:11 polish arrows (see 3 above).

Hithpa`el 1. Imperfect ‎יִתְבָּרֲרוּ‎ Dan 12:10 purify oneself.

2. ‎תִּתְבָּרַר‎ Ps 18:27* = ‎תִּתָּבָר‎ 2Sam 22:27 shew oneself pure, just, kind.

‎ברר‎ (√ of following; Biblical Hebrew ‎ברר‎, ‎בָּר‎ Job 39:4).

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