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title: בָּרִיא — fat · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בָּרִיא (1277), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: fat. BDB 1906: adj. fat. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בָּרִיא

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«בָּרִיא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **fat** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 14 times · **Key:** 1277 · **BDB:** בָּרִיא

### Glosses

fat (11); \[is\].fat (1); \[sheep\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1277/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. fat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1277/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. fat—ψ 73:4 Ju 3:17; pl. בְּרִיאִים 1 K 5:3; cstr. בְּרִיאֵי Dn 1:15; f. בְּרִיאָה Hb 1:16 + 2 times + Ez 34:20 בִּרְיָה; Hi Ol§ 171 a בְּרִיָּה, בריאה; pl. בְּרִיאוֹת Gn 41:5 + 3 times; בְּרִיאֹת Gn 41:2, 4;—fat, cattle בקר Gn 41:2, 4, 5, 7, 18, 20 (E) 1 K 5:3; sheep Ez 34:3, 20 Zc 11:16; food Hb 1:16; אישׁ ב׳ fat man Ju 3:17; בריאי בשׂר Dn 1:15; ב׳ אולם their body fat ψ 73:4.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בָּרִיא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1277/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 73:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.73.4/)

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כִּ֤י אֵ֖ין חַרְצֻבּ֥וֹת לְמוֹתָ֗ם וּבָרִ֥יא אוּלָֽם׃

*Word for word:* (dm) there.\[are\].not pains to death their and.\[is\] fat body their

*JPS 1917:* For there are no pangs at their death, and their body is sound.

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[Judges 3:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.3.17/)

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וַיַּקְרֵב֙ אֶת־הַמִּנְחָ֔ה לְעֶגְל֖וֹן מֶ֣לֶךְ מוֹאָ֑ב וְעֶגְל֕וֹן אִ֥ישׁ בָּרִ֖יא מְאֹֽד׃

*Word for word:* and he.brought.near (et) the tribute to Eglon the.king of.Moab and Eglon \[was\].a.man fat very

*JPS 1917:* And he offered the present unto Eglon king of Moab — now Eglon was a very fat man.

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