ברזניתא f. (ברז) boring, tapping. B. Mets. 40b טרחיה
ברזניתיה ודמי Ar. (ed. ברזנייתא pl.; v. Rabb. D. S. a. ..
note 3) his (the seller's) trouble and the value of his
tapping (the sample; v. ברזינא). [Var. in Rashi כרז׳ his
calling out, oifering for sale, v. כר.]
ברח (b. h.; בר, v. ברר) 1) to break through, pass through (Ex. XXXVI, 33). Denom. בריח. -- 2) to fee. Erub. 13b הגדולה מן הבורח he who fees office. Y. Yeb. XIII, 13a, a. e. וכ׳ ג׳ מן ברח shun three things. Y. Taan. IV, 69b top, v. Zבק; a. fr. Hif. הבריח 1) to cause to flee, drive out, exclude. Y. Yeb. XV, 15a top מנכסיו להבריחו to force him to fee and abandon his property. Y. Gitt. V, 47a עצמו מבריח אדם השבועה מן one will try to shirk the responsibilities of a guardian on account of the oath (which the court asks of him) but one will not do so on account of pay- ment (to which he may eventually be subjected, v. Tosaf. to B. Kam. 39b). -- 2) to abstract, steal, defraud. B. Kam. 113a המכס את ה׳ to smuggle. Y. Keth. VI, beg. 30c וכ׳ משל מברחת תחא שלא that she should not take stealth- ily something which belongs to her husband. Hof. הוברח to be chased, scattered. Lam. R. to I, 21 וכ׳ ענני הוברחו the clouds of glory were withdrawn (R. Hash. 3a נסתלקו).
ברח ch. same. Af. אברח as preced. Hif., to withhold. B. Kam. 88b מניה לנכסיה לאברוחינהו in order to withhold his property from &c., i. e. to disinherit. thpe. אתברח to be driven of, withheld. Targ. Job VI, 13 (h. text נדחה).
ברחא m. (ברח, v. ברח 1)) [one that breaks through, cmp. Mic. II, 13;] leader df the flock (h. עתוד), bell-wether, buck. Y. B. Kam. X, end, 7c if the restored sheep is as distinguishable ב׳ אהן כגוון as the barha. Ib. what does ב׳ אהן כגון mean? Some say חוטרא &c., v. פנדורא a. משכוכית. Bab. ib. 20a top. Ib. 48a. Sabb. 18b. Ib. 152a ב׳ קרחא a bald buck (sneer at R. Joshua b. Karha; v. גוזניא).
*ברטיא, Pesik. R. s. 33 הב׳, readהברבריא; Alexandria. הזה הב׳ העולם כל של אומנתו שהיתה which became the educator of all this world of Barbaria (northern Africa).
ברטניא, v. בריטניא.
ברי, ב׳ בי, v. ביראי 2).
ברי I, ברא (b. h.; בר, v. ברר) 1) to hollow out, perforate, v. Hif a. ברה. - 2) to think out, plan (cmp. בדא, חקק); to create. Snh. 38b when the Lord wanted וכ׳ את לבראות to create man. Gen. R. s. 8 ואח״כ . . . שב׳ בראו for He first created all the means of his support and then created him (Adam); a. v. fr. ----Part. act. בורא q. v. -- Part. pass. ברוא, f ברואה. Gen. R. s. 44 (ref. to Is. IV, 5 וברא) וכ׳ ב׳ היא כבר it (the futurity) is already created and prepared. Nif. נברא to be created. Ib. s. 8 יברא אל let him not be created. Snh. 38a; a. v. fr. Hif. הבריא 1) (denom. of בר) to come outside, bore, perforate. Hull. 43b ה׳ שמא lest it (the thorn found in the throat) may have perforated (the gullet); v. infra. -- 2) (denom. of בריא) to get well, recover; to be strong or stout (ffat). Meil. 17a יבדיא או יכחיש does he wish him to be lean (feeble) or to be strong?-- Y. Peah III, 17d bot. יבריא שמא for he may get well again. Hull. 33a שיב׳ הרוצה he who wants to be strong. Sabb. XIX, 5; a. fr. [Hull. 43b ה׳ שמא lest the wound created by per- foration be healed, Rashi; v. supra.]]
ברי, ברא ch. same; 1) to create. Targ. Gen. I, 1; a. fr. [Targ. Prov. XX, 12 אברי אלהא, prob. to be read ברא אלהא as ib. XXII, 2.]-- Snh. 65b עלמא ברו they might create a world. Ib. 67b ברי מצי לא he (the demon) cannot create. [Ib. ומיברי, ומיברו, v. Ithpe.]-- 2) (v. preced. Hif.) to get well, strong &c. Hull. 93b בריין קא מדלא since they do not grow (develop). Ib. 46b בריא הדרא gets well again. [Taan. 21b בריא זיל, vv. Af.)-- 3) to cut, shape. Targ. Is. XL, 20. --a*t) (v. בר I ch., a. בראה; cmp. זהם Pi. 2) to expel, exile. Targ. Prov. XXIV, 24 (h. text זעם).... Af. אברי 1) to strengthen, make well, make groiiw. Targ. II Sam. III, 35 (Var. לאוכלא, v. הבראה). Succ. 44b; M. Kat. 3a אילני אברויי to make the trees stronger (facil- itate their growth); Ab. Zar. 50b וכ׳ אברויי, opp. אוקומי to preserve the trees. Nidd. 47b; Yeb. 97a אבריוהו make hhim grow fat (feed him well). Taan. 21b נפשך אברי זיל (ed. בריא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.) go and strengthen thyself. --- 2) to permeate, perforate. Hull. 112a דאבריה (the blood) soaked through the bread. Ib. 98b ליה דמברי מידי ביה ןrד Ar. (ed. only מידי ביה ד״ן) if he stuck something into it which perforated it (making a passage for the blood). thpe. איתברי, אתבריא, contr. איברי. 1) to be created. Targ. Gen. II, 4; a. fr. --Gen. R. s. 78 דאתבריין הן מן (to) where they were created from. Cant. R. to VIII, 5 וכדון וכ׳ אתבריית now thou hast been created again a new creature (having escaped a great danger). -- Ber. 54b איברי וכ׳ ליה a well was created (arose) before him. Snh. 65b; 67b וכ׳ להו ומיברי (not ומיברו, Yalk. Ms. איברי, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 4) and a three years calf was created (arose) before them (Yalk. Ex. 182 ומברי they created). - 2) to become strong. Y. Snh. VIII, 26a וכ׳ עלוי ליביה דאברי מכיון since his heart (passion) became so strong over him as to do this (or דאברי Af. he allowed his passion to become so strong &c.). -- 3) (v. בר I, ברא) to grow wild. Nidd. 50b (explain. the expression ברא תרנגול used by a scholar) ממרה דאיבראי (==שמרדה) that became too wild (uncon- trollable) to her owner.
ברי II, ברה (b. h.) to cut out (v. ברא). Part. pass. ברוי, fem. ברויה hollowed out. Tosef. Kel. B. Kam. III, 3, v. חידוק a. כרה. Hif. הברה (b. h.; denom. of ברי, v. ברי I Hif.) to strengthen, to ofer refreshment, esp. to mourners on com- ing from the funeral. M. Kat. III, 7 מברין ואין and no mourner's meal is offered (during the festive week). Snh. II, 3. Ib. 20a, v. כרה; a. fr. V. הבראה. [Y. Sabb. VII, 10a top בחרשים המברה read המבהה, v. בהי h.]
ברי, בריא m. (b. h.; v. ברא) 1) in natural condition, whence 1) (cmp. איתן) healthy, strong, stout, fat. B. Bath.
