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20,280 entries over 2,388 roots, indexed against the 81,225-word Tafsir concordance — and now across the classical prose library too: the Guide, Bahya, Saadia's Emunot, Qirqisani, the Kuzari. Search by Judeo-Arabic word, Arabic script, root, or English/Hebrew gloss; each entry shows where the word recurs across the authors.
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- ברא—(Hebrew) He created (Gen 1:27 — 'in the image of God He created him')בָּרָא√—verb (Hebrew)11×open →
- ראוرَأُوHebrew "and see" — quote "Lift up your eyes on high and see who created these" (Isa 40:26)"רְאוּ" — ציטוט: "שאו מרום עיניכם וראו מי ברא אלה" (ישעיהו מ:כו)√—proper noun10×open →
- כ'לקהخَلَقَto create; (here) whom I created (them)ברא; שבראתי אותם√kh-l-qverb6×open →
- כ'לקخلقhe createdברא√ḫ-l-qverb (perf. 3sg.m.)5×open →
- יכ'לקيَخْلُقto create, fashionבּוֹרֵא, יוֹצֵר√kh-l-qverb4×open →
- צוורصُوَرforms, images (plural of ṣūra); (here) the forms God createdצורות, דמויות√ṣ-w-rnoun1×open →
- קאניךقَانِيكthe one who acquired/created you (rendering קֹנֶךָ)קונך, בוראך√q-n-wnoun1×open →
- כ'לקוخُلِقُواthey were createdנִבְרְאוּ√kh-l-qverb1×open →
- כ'לקהםخَلَقَهُمْHe created themברא אותם√kh-l-qverb1×open →
- מכ'לוקהمخلوقةcreated (f.)נבראת1×open →
- פטרفَطَرَto create, fashion innately; (passive) to be created/disposed by natureבָּרָא, יצר מטבע; (סביל) נברא/נטבע כך√f-ṭ-rverbunattestedopen →
- קנך—"who created/acquired you" (biblical quotation, Deut 32:6)הֲלוֹא הוּא אָבִיךָ קָּנֶךָ (דברים לב:ו)√—Hebrew quoteunattestedopen →
- יוהםيُوهِمto create a false impression, to suggest misleadinglyלְהַטְעוֹת, לִיצֹר רֹשֶׁם מֻטְעֶה√w-h-mverbunattestedopen →
- האדם—the man / Adam — from "And God created man in His image"הָאָדָם, מן "וַיִּבְרָא אֱלֹהִים אֶת הָאָדָם בְּצַלְמוֹ" (בראשית א:כז)√—Hebrew quoteunattestedopen →
- קנית—you created/acquired ("for you created my kidneys")כִּי אַתָּה קָנִיתָ כִלְיֹתָי — תהלים קלט:יג√—Hebrew quoteunattestedopen →
- מחדת'مُحْدَثoriginated/created (in time), brought into being; that which has a beginningמחודש, נברא בזמן, בעל ראשית√ḥ-d-thnoununattestedopen →
- אוג'דأَوْجَدHe brought into existence, created (form IV)המציא, ברא, הביא לידי הויה√w-j-dverbunattestedopen →
- מכּוןمُكَوَّنbrought into being, created; formedמְכֻוָּן, נוצר/נברא√k-w-nadjectiveunattestedopen →
- ויברא—"And God created (man in His image)" — biblical citationויברא אלהים את האדם בצלמו (בראשית א:כז)√—Hebrew quoteunattestedopen →
- אחדת'أَحْدَثَto originate, bring into being, create anew (here "and He originated it")לְחַדֵּשׁ, לְהַמְצִיא, לִבְרֹא (כאן: וְחִדְּשׁוֹ / וְהִמְצִיאוֹ)√ḥ-d-thverbunattestedopen →
- אבדעהأَبْدَعَهHe created/originated it (from nothing)בָּרָא אוֹתוֹ, חִדֵּשׁ אוֹתוֹ (יש מאין)√b-d-ʕverbunattestedopen →
- מפטורمَفْطُورcreated, innately constituted, formed by nature (fiṭra)נִבְרָא, מֻטְבָּע בְּטִבְעוֹ, יְצוּר√f-ṭ-radjectiveunattestedopen →
- כ'לקתcreated (it)בָּרְאָה√—unattestedopen →
- מכ'לוקمَخْلُوقcreated thing, creatureנִבְרָא, יְצוּר√kh-l-qnoun / adjectiveunattestedopen →
- מכונאתمُكَوَّنَاتthings that have come into being, created/composite things, the elementsנבראים, יסודות מורכבים√k-w-nnoununattestedopen →
- כ'לאיקخَلَائِقcreatures, created beings (pl. of khalīqa)ברואים, יצורים√kh-l-qnoununattestedopen →
- מחדת'אمُحْدَثًاcreated, originated in time, brought into being (muḥdath, accusative)מְחֻדָּשׁ, נִבְרָא בִּזְמַן, בַּעַל הַתְחָלָה√ḥ-d-thadjectiveunattestedopen →
- הבריותהַבְּרִיּוֹת"created beings, people" (Mishnah Avot 3:10: כל שרוח הבריות נוחה הימנו)כֹּל שֶׁרוּחַ הַבְּרִיּוֹת נוֹחָה הֵימֶנּוּ (אבות ג:י)√—Hebrew quoteunattestedopen →
- כליותי—my kidneys/innards ("for you created my kidneys")כִלְיֹתָי — תהלים קלט:יג√—Hebrew quoteunattestedopen →
- מחדת'אתمُحْدَثَاتcreated/originated things, contingent beingsנִבְרָאִים, מְחֻדָּשִׁים (דְּבָרִים שֶׁנִּתְהַוּוּ)√ḥ-d-thnoununattestedopen →
- מחדת'יןمُحْدَثِينcreated, originated, brought into being (pl., things that come to be)מְחֻדָּשִׁים, נִבְרָאִים, דְּבָרִים שֶׁנִּתְהַוּוּ√ḥ-d-ṯadjectiveunattestedopen →
- מכ'לוקיןمَخْلُوقِينcreated beings, creatures (oblique pl. of makhlūq)נבראים, ברואים√kh-l-qnoununattestedopen →