H0908 H0908
devise, invent; fabricate or originate (in negative sense)
A verb meaning to devise, invent, or fabricate, used exclusively in negative contexts for contriving falsehoods or unauthorized innovations. The word appears in accusations of invention—whether inventing false charges or devising unauthorized religious practices. Both occurrences highlight fabrication without proper authority or truth.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Jeroboam 'devised' a feast on a date 'of his own heart'—an unauthorized religious innovation (1 Kings 12:33). Nehemiah accuses his opponents: 'You are inventing them out of your own heart'—fabricating false charges (Nehemiah 6:8). The verb consistently carries negative connotations of fabrication without warrant. Multilingual glosses render this as 'devise/invent' (English, Spanish 'inventó/inventas'), capturing the sense of origination that is unauthorized or false. The Mishnaic Hebrew and Aramaic cognates maintain this meaning of invention. Both contexts involve either religious innovation without divine sanction or political accusation without factual basis—fabrication in realms where truth and authority matter most. 2×
AR["ابْتَدَعَ", "مُخْتَلِقُها"]·ben["উদ্ভাবন-করেছিলেন", "বানাচ্ছ-সেগুলি"]·DE["[בודאם]", "er-devised"]·EN["are-inventing-them", "he-devised"]·FR["[בודאם]", "il-devised"]·heb["בָּדָא", "בודאם-ם"]·HI["गढ़-रहा-है-उन्हें", "गढ़ा"]·ID["dia-rancang", "mengada-adakan"]·IT["[בודאם]", "egli-devised"]·jav["dipunkarya", "ngarang-piyambak"]·KO["지어내고-있다", "지어냈다"]·PT["inventando-as", "inventou"]·RU["выдумываешь-их", "измыслил"]·ES["inventó", "las-inventas"]·SW["alibuni", "unayabuni"]·TR["uydurmuştu", "uyduruyorsun-onları"]·urd["گھڑا", "گھڑتا-ہے"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† בָּדָא vb. devise, invent (bad sense) (Mish. id., Aramaic בְּדָא, ܒܕܳܐ invent; cf. Arabic بَدَأَ begin, make a beginning)— Qal Pf. בָּדָא 1 K 12:33; Pt. sf. בּוֹדָאם (instead of בּוֹדְאָם) Ne 6:8—Jeroboam devised a feast in 8th month 1 K 12:33; invent accusation Ne 6:8.