What does בָּרָד (bārād) mean in the Bible?
בָּרָד (bārād) is a Hebrew word meaning "hail".
Hebrew · H1259
בָּרָד
Hail
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בָּרָד H1259
Pronunciation bārād
What does בָּרָד (bārād) mean in the Bible?
בָּרָד (bārād) is a Hebrew word meaning "hail".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H1259?
The BSB source-word alignment has 29 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include and hail (6), hail (6), The hail (6), hailstones (2), . . . (1).
Where does בָּרָד (bārād) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Exodus 9:18. Its strongest book concentrations include Exodus (17), Psalms (6), Isaiah (3), Haggai (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It and hail 6× Exodus 9:23, Exodus 9:28, Exodus 9:33, Exodus 9:34
hail 6× Exodus 9:18, Exodus 9:23, Exodus 9:26, Exodus 9:29
The hail 6× Exodus 9:24, Exodus 9:25, Exodus 10:5, Exodus 10:12
hailstones 2× Psalms 18:12, Psalms 18:13
. . . 1× Isaiah 30:30
[it] 1× Exodus 9:25
Like a hailstorm 1× Isaiah 28:2
of hail 1× Job 38:22
so that hail 1× Exodus 9:22
the hailstones 1× Joshua 10:11
to the hail 1× Psalms 78:48
when the hail 1× Exodus 9:19
with hailstones 1× Psalms 78:47
Show sample aligned rows
Exodus 9:18 בָּרָ֖ד to hail Noun - masculine singular Exodus 9:19 הַבָּרָ֖ד to when the hail Article | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 9:22 בָרָ֖ד to so that hail Noun - masculine singular Exodus 9:23 וּבָרָ֔ד to and hail Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 9:23 בָּרָ֖ד to hail Noun - masculine singular Exodus 9:24 בָרָ֔ד to The hail Noun - masculine singular Exodus 9:24 הַבָּרָ֑ד to The hail Article | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 9:25 הַבָּרָ֜ד to the hail Article | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 9:25 הַבָּרָ֔ד to [it] Article | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 9:26 בָּרָֽד׃ to hail Noun - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Exodus 9:18
Aligned rows 29
Books represented 6
Exodus 17 Joshua 1 Job 1 Psalms 6 Isaiah 3 Haggai 1
Source forms
בָּרָ֖ד 3x bā·rāḏ Exodus 9:18, Exodus 9:23, Isaiah 28:2
הַבָּרָ֔ד 3x hab·bā·rāḏ Exodus 9:25, Exodus 10:5, Joshua 10:11
בָּ֝רָ֗ד 2x bā·rāḏ Psalms 18:12, Psalms 18:13
בָּרָֽד׃ 2x bā·rāḏ Exodus 9:26, Isaiah 30:30
הַבָּרָ֑ד 2x hab·bā·rāḏ Exodus 9:24, Exodus 10:15
בַּבָּרָ֣ד 1x bab·bā·rāḏ Psalms 78:47
בָרָ֖ד 1x ḇā·rāḏ Exodus 9:22
בָרָ֔ד 1x ḇā·rāḏ Exodus 9:24
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular 12x Exodus 9:18, Exodus 9:22, Exodus 9:23, Exodus 9:24
Article | Noun - masculine singular 8x Exodus 9:19, Exodus 9:24, Exodus 9:25, Exodus 10:5
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular 3x Exodus 9:23, Exodus 9:28, Psalms 148:8
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular 3x Exodus 9:29, Exodus 9:33, Exodus 9:34
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular 1x Haggai 2:17
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular 1x Psalms 78:47
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular 1x Psalms 78:48
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. hail
Source Gloss
hail
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
hail Usage: hail(stones).
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
בָּרָד is built from this root:
בָּרַד H1258
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain