בָּרוּר m. (ברר) 1) clear, bright; certain, firm. B. Bath. 147ᵃ יו"ט … ב׳ וכ׳ when the day of Pentecosts is bright, sow wheat; opp. בָּלוּל; Tosef. Arakh. I, 9.—Snh. 7ᵇ אם ב׳ וכ׳ if the case is as clear to thee as the morning, speak out (thy opinion). Gitt. 89ᵃ דבר הב׳ an ascertained fact.—Pes. 50ᵃ עולם ב׳ a rightly-conducted world, opp. הפוך.—Y. Ber. II, 5ᵃ יחזור … הב׳ לו he must begin to re-read from the place which he is certain of having read correctly. Y. Maasr. I, 49ᵇ חלוט ב׳, v. חָלַט I; תבשיל ב׳ real boiling (about which there is no legal doubt). Y. Yeb. IV, 5ᶜ bot. חלב ב׳ ascertained existence of forbidden fat. Y. Gitt. IX, 50ᶜ bot. קיים שריר וב׳ (the formula) valid, firm and established. Y. Kidd. IV, 66ᵃ top כהן ב׳ a priest of undoubted genealogy; a. fr. —2) (b. h. , Neh. V, 18) chosen, best. Gen. R. s. 23 הב׳ שבהם the best one among them.—Pl. בְּרוּרִים, בְּרוּרִין. Y. Kidd. IV, 66ᵃ bot. הב׳ שבאחיך the chosen among thy brethren (whose genealogy has been established; v. supra); Num. R. s. 9.