(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a {wood}) select: feed (as formative processes)

1. to create, shape, form

a. (Qal) to shape, fashion, create (always with God as subject)

1. of heaven and earth

2. of individual man

3. of new conditions and circumstances

4. of transformations

b. (Niphal) to be created

1. of heaven and earth

2. of birth

3. of something new

4. of miracles

c. (Piel)

1. to cut down

2. to cut out

2. to be fat

a. (Hiphil) to make yourselves fat