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*brˀ/*bry - ro create, to shape
(Kogan 2015: 551)
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Hebrew
brˀ
- to create
(HALOT 153)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
bry
- to create
(DJBA 243)
Syriac
bry
- to create
(LSyr. 94, SL 188)
May be a Heb loanword
Mandaic
bra
- to create
(MD 69)
Arabic
bry
- to form, to fashion by cutting, to shape out
(Lane 107)
Koranic brˀ ‘to create’ is usually considered a Hebrew loanword (Jeffery 1938:75‒76)
Sabaic
brˀ
- to build, construct
(SD 30)
Minaean
brˀ
- to build, construct
(LM 23)
Qatabanian
brˀ
- to build, construct
(LIQ 32)