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It is used in the context of selecting or choosing food, often implying a deliberate or discerning choice. The term can also extend metaphorically to the idea of consuming or partaking in something, whether physically or spiritually.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Hebrew culture, eating was not merely a physical act but often carried significant social and religious connotations. Meals were communal events that reinforced social bonds and covenants. The act of choosing or consuming food could symbolize acceptance, fellowship, and participation in a shared identity or belief system. In a broader sense, the concept of "eating" in the Hebrew Bible can also relate to the consumption of wisdom or spiritual nourishment.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. root<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to eat<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>choose (1), eat (5), food (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> I. <font class="hebrew2">בָּרָה</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>eat</b></font> (Assyrian <i><em>barû</em></i> & derivatives Zim<sup>BP 31</sup>) — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Qal</b></font> <em>Perfect</em> <a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/12-17.htm">2 Samuel 12:17</a>; <em>Imperfect</em> <font class="hebrew2">אֶבְרֶה</font> <a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/13-6.htm">2 Samuel 13:6</a>,10 <em>eat bread</em> (<font class="hebrew2">בְּרוּלְֿכֶם</font> <a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/17-8.htm">1 Samuel 17:8</a> scribal error for <font class="hebrew2">בחרו</font> <font class="hebrew2">לכם</font> <a href="/interlinear/1_kings/18-25.htm">1 Kings 18:25</a> Dr<sup>Sm 107</sup>). <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Pi`el</b></font> <em>Infinitive</em> <font class="hebrew2">לְבָרוֺת</font> <a href="/interlinear/lamentations/4-10.htm">Lamentations 4:10</a> <em>for devouring</em>. <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Hiph`il</b></font> <em>Imperfect</em> <font class="hebrew2">תַּבְרֵנִי</font> <a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/13-5.htm">2 Samuel 13:5</a>; <em>Infinitive</em> <font class="hebrew2">לְהַבְרוֺת</font> <a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/3-35.htm">2 Samuel 3:35</a> <em>cause to eat bread</em>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>choose, cause to eat, manifest, give meat <p>A primitive root; to select; also (as denominative from <a href="/hebrew/1250.htm">bar</a>) to feed; also (as equivalent to <a href="/hebrew/1305.htm">barar</a>) to render clear (Eccl. 3:18) -- choose, (cause to) eat, manifest, (give) meat. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/1250.htm">bar</a> <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/1305.htm">barar</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>בְּרוּ־ ברו־ וְאֶבְרֶ֖ה וְתַבְרֵ֣נִי ואברה ותברני לְבָרוֹת֙ לְהַבְר֧וֹת לברות להברות bə·rū- beru bərū- lə·ḇā·rō·wṯ lə·haḇ·rō·wṯ ləḇārōwṯ ləhaḇrōwṯ lehavRot levarOt veevReh vetavReni wə’eḇreh wə·’eḇ·reh wə·ṯaḇ·rê·nî wəṯaḇrênî<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/1_samuel/17-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Samuel 17:8</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/17.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עֲבָדִ֣ים לְשָׁא֔וּל <b> בְּרוּ־ </b> לָכֶ֥ם אִ֖ישׁ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_samuel/17.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of Saul? <span class="itali">Choose</span> a man<br><a href="/kjvs/1_samuel/17.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> to Saul? <span class="itali">choose</span> you a man<br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/17-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> servants Saul <span class="itali">choose</span> A man come<p><b><a href="/text/2_samuel/3-35.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Samuel 3:35</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/3.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כָל־ הָעָ֗ם <b> לְהַבְר֧וֹת </b> אֶת־ דָּוִ֛ד</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_samuel/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to persuade David <span class="itali">to eat</span> bread<br><a href="/kjvs/2_samuel/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> David <span class="itali">to eat</span> meat<br><a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/3-35.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> all the people <span class="itali">to eat</span> David bread<p><b><a href="/text/2_samuel/13-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Samuel 13:5</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/13.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">תָמָ֨ר אֲחוֹתִ֜י <b> וְתַבְרֵ֣נִי </b> לֶ֗חֶם וְעָשְׂתָ֤ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_samuel/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and give me [some] food <span class="itali">to eat,</span> and let her prepare<br><a href="/kjvs/2_samuel/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> come, <span class="itali">and give</span> me meat,<br><a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/13-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Tamar my sister <span class="itali">to eat</span> me food her prepare<p><b><a href="/text/2_samuel/13-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Samuel 13:6</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/13.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">שְׁתֵּ֣י לְבִב֔וֹת <b> וְאֶבְרֶ֖ה </b> מִיָּדָֽהּ׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_samuel/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> in my sight, <span class="itali">that I may eat</span> from her hand.<br><a href="/kjvs/2_samuel/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in my sight, <span class="itali">that I may eat</span> at her hand.<br><a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/13-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> A couple of cakes <span class="itali">may eat</span> her hand<p><b><a href="/text/2_samuel/13-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Samuel 13:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/13.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הַבִּרְיָה֙ הַחֶ֔דֶר <b> וְאֶבְרֶ֖ה </b> מִיָּדֵ֑ךְ וַתִּקַּ֣ח</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_samuel/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> into the bedroom, <span class="itali">that I may eat</span> from your hand.<br><a href="/kjvs/2_samuel/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> into the chamber, <span class="itali">that I may eat</span> of thine hand.<br><a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/13-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the food the bedroom <span class="itali">may eat</span> your hand took<p><b><a href="/text/lamentations/4-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Lamentations 4:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/lamentations/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יַלְדֵיהֶ֑ן הָי֤וּ <b> לְבָרוֹת֙ </b> לָ֔מוֹ בְּשֶׁ֖בֶר</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/lamentations/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> They became <span class="itali">food</span> for them Because of the destruction<br><a href="/kjvs/lamentations/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> their own children: <span class="itali">they were their meat</span> in the destruction<br><a href="/interlinear/lamentations/4-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> children became <span class="itali">food</span> of the destruction of the daughter<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1262.htm">6 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1262.htm">Strong's Hebrew 1262<br>6 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/beru_1262.htm">bə·rū- — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/lehavrot_1262.htm">lə·haḇ·rō·wṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/levarot_1262.htm">lə·ḇā·rō·wṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/veevreh_1262.htm">wə·’eḇ·reh — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vetavreni_1262.htm">wə·ṯaḇ·rê·nî — 1 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