בְּרִיאָה, (b. h.) f. (ברא) creation, formation. Gen. R. s. 1; Lev. R. s. 36 לב׳ שמים וכ׳ as to creation (plan), the heavens were the first; as to finishing (execution) &c. Gen. R. s. 7, end בְּרִיָּיתוֹ של עולם the creation of the world. Gen. R. s. 17 man looks למקום ברייתו to where he was created from (the earth), woman … למקום בְּרִיָּיתָהּ to where she was made from (the rib); a. fr.—Mikv. VI, 7 כל שהוא מבְּרִיַּית המיים whatever originates in the water (aquatic plants or animals).—Macc. 17ᵃ, a. fr. חיטה אחת כברייתה one wheat grain in its natural condition, נמלה כברייתה an ant in its natural condition (though small). Ib. בריית נשמה the natural condition of an animated being.—Nidd. III, 7 בריית הזכר the formation of a male embryo. B. Kam. 94ᵇ חוזר לברייתו is changed into its original condition.