--- title: בָּרַר — purify · The Tanakh dictionary description: בָּרַר (1305), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: purify. BDB 1906: vb. purify, select. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1305.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ב](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1489-4.md)‎ / בָּרַר‎ # בָּרַר «בָּרַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **purify** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 14 times · **Key:** 1305 · **BDB:** בָּרַר ### Glosses \[one.who\].purifies.himself (2); you.show.yourself.pure (2); I.will.purge (1) ### Meaning (OSHB) purify [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1305/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. purify, select [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1305/#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: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «בָּרַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1305/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [2 Samuel 22:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.27/) עִם־נָבָ֖ר תִּתָּבָ֑ר וְעִם־עִקֵּ֖שׁ תִּתַּפָּֽל׃ *Word for word:* with \[one.who\].purifies.himself you.show.yourself.pure and with a.perverse.\[person\] you.show.yourself.twisted *JPS 1917:* With the pure Thou dost show myself pure; and with the crooked Thou dost show Thyself subtle. [Psalms 18:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.18.27/) עִם־נָבָ֥ר תִּתְבָּרָ֑ר וְעִם־עִ֝קֵּ֗שׁ תִּתְפַּתָּֽל׃ *Word for word:* with \[one.who\].purifies.himself you.show.yourself.pure and with a.perverse.\[person\] you.show.yourself.tortuous *JPS 1917:* With the pure Thou dost show Thyself pure; and with the crooked Thou dost show Thyself subtle. - ← previous: [בָּרְקַת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5d1_5b8_5bc_5e8_5b0_5e7_5b7_5ea.md) - next →: [ברר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/952.md) - ↑ back to [ב](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1489-4.md)