For example here is what is termed a synthetic parallelism, one in which the thought following the first expands and builds on it.
“Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night [in which] it was said, There is a man child conceived.”
(Job 3:3)
Not only is Job lamenting his birth but also his conception, one thought expands upon the other but obviously conception and birth while related are not synonyms.
Another example of a synthetic parallelism:
“And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.” (Ps. 1:3)
Each thought builds on the one before but doesn't repeat it.
And then there is the composite parallelism:
“Blessed [is] the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.” (Ps. 1:1)
Here ‘walk, stand, sit’ are drawn as parallels as are ‘counsel, way, seat’, with each word having a different meaning but expressing the same thought.
Here, though, is a synonymous parallelism:
“And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.” (Ge. 4:23)
Lamech says, ‘hear-harken’, ‘slain a man-a young man’, ‘wounding-my hurt’.
Isa. 43:7 looks more like the composite parallelism of Ps. 1:1 above. ‘Called by My name’ and then ‘created for my glory’ then a slightly different thought ‘formed him’ and then ‘made him’.
Isa.41:20 appears to be a synonymous parallelism. Going back to the definition of constitutes a synonymous parallelism that you offered:
“A synonymous parallelism is where a thought is stated in one phrase and then repeated in different words in the next phrase. The following synonymous parallelism's show the equivalent meanings of bara and asah.”
But it fits more as a synthetic parallelism as, ‘see and know’ and ‘consider and understand’, then, ‘hand of the LORD ‘asah’, and ‘Holy One of Israel bara’.
Ex.34:10 has synonymous first and last thoughts with a contrasting thought in between.
Gen. 2:4 A statement of two that are not synonymous, history, generations not being synonymous with day, age, time.
“Notice that these examples strengthen GourmetDan’s argument that these words can be used as standard synonyms (not just referrential synonyms)....”
No. They don't as Strong’, Brown-Driver-Briggs, Gesenious,
Smith's Bible Dictionary, all attest that bara’ and ‘asah are Not the same, equivalent, or even nearly the same. Even my thesaurus shows the difference between “make” and “ create”.
You gave examples of parallelisms but they do not show that bara’ and ‘asah are equivalents nor strengthen Dan's erroneous and pointless statements.
I see nothing in your reply that in any way weakens my case. If asah and bara are referrential synonyms, they in no way hinder a straightforward reading of creation week. Likewise, if asah and bara can be used as standard synonyms, they in no way hinder a straightforward reading of creation week. No matter which way you slice it, a straightforward reading of creation week is what is called for.
Also, you brought an the example of Isaiah 41:20. If you back up one verse, you will notice that the “bara” in vs. 20 is used in reference to the vegetation mentioned in vs. 19. But as we see in Genesis 1:11, God did not create vegetation from nothing, but rather He caused it to sprout from the earth. So why would God point to an asah event as evidence of bara?