according to Oehler, “a quantitative plural,”, 318
its derivation, 318
ברא, implies production of effect without natural antecedent, 375
in Kal used only of God, 375
never has accusative of material, 375
used, in Gen. 1 and 2, to mark introduction of world of matter, life, and spirit, 374
distinguished from words signifying “to make” and “to form,”, 375
in Gen. 1:2, must mean “calling into being,”, 375
the original signification “to cut,” though retained in Piel, does not militate against a more spiritual sense in other species, 376
the only word for absolute creation in Hebrew, 376