בָּאַר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H874

make distinct — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

make distinct tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

באר: vb. Pi. make distinct, plain tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. only Pi. make distinct, plain (so NH, Aramaic; LagBN 58 prop. for Qal בָּאֵר, בָּאֹר, cf. deriv. infr.; Thes & most comp. Arabic بَأَرَ dig a pit or well, but this prob. denom. v. Lagl.c.)— Pf. 3 ms. בֵּאֵר Dt 1:5, Imv. בָּאֵר Hb 2:2; Inf. abs. בַּאֵר Dt 27:8 (cf. Bö§393, 4)—make distinct, plain, of letters on tablets Hb 2:2 כְּתֹב חָזוֹן וּבָאֵר עַל־הַלֻּחוֹת לְמַעַן יָרוּץ קוֹרֵא בוֹ, i.e. so that one may run past and (still) read; or, so that one may read swiftly; on stones Dt 27:8וְכָתַבְתָּ עַל־הָאֲבָנִים … בַּאֵר הֵיטֵב and thou shalt write upon the [whitewashed] stones all the words of this law, doing it plainly and well; fig. explain, expound Dt 1:5 הוֹאִיל מֹשֶׁה בֵּאֵר הַתּוֹרָה Moses began (and) expounded the law.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: clearly (1); he made clear (1); make [it] clear (1).

In the verses

Deuteronomy 27:8 · tree →

וְכָתַבְתָּ֣ עַל־הָאֲבָנִ֗ים אֶֽת־כָּל־דִּבְרֵ֛י הַתּוֹרָ֥ה הַזֹּ֖את בַּאֵ֥ר הֵיטֵֽב׃ס

Word for word: and you.will.write on the stones (et) all the.words of the.law (the) this clearly well.(do.well)

JPS 1917: And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.'

Deuteronomy 1:5 · tree →

בְּעֵ֥בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מוֹאָ֑ב הוֹאִ֣יל מֹשֶׁ֔ה בֵּאֵ֛ר אֶת־הַתּוֹרָ֥ה הַזֹּ֖את לֵאמֹֽר׃

Word for word: on the.other.side of the.Jordan in the.land of.Moab he.undertook Moses he.made.clear (et) the law (the) this (cmp)

JPS 1917: beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, took Moses upon him to expound this law, saying:

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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