בראI to create. [cp. Aram., Syr. בְּרָא (= to create), OSArab. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_South_Arabian) (= to found, build), מברא (= building, structure), Mahri (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahri) bere (= to bear a child). Arab. bara'a (= to create) is an Aram. loan word.] —Qal בָּרָא he created, shaped. —Niph. נִבְרָא was created.
So no mention of separation there. And Old South Arabian and Mahri are South Semitic languages, so would have diverged from Hebrew long before the compilation of Genesis.
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