בָּדָא bâdâʼ

Meaning

(figuratively) to invent

In the King James Version: devise, feign.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• 1 Kings 12:33 On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, Jeroboam offered sacrifices on the altar he had set up in Bethel. So he ordained a feast for the Israelites, offered sacrifices on the altar, and burned incense.
• Nehemiah 6:8 Then I sent him this reply: “There is nothing to these rumors you are spreading; you are inventing them in your own mind.”