ברר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H952

purify — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

purify tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

בּוּר: vb. make clear, clear up, explain tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. Inf. cstr. לָבוּר Ec 9:1 (c. acc.); prob. (si vera l.) make clear, clear up, explain (VB; so sometimes, in NH ברר q.v.) but read perhaps וְלִבִּי רָאָה 𝔊 𝔖 Bi; or לָתוּר Gr, cf. 1:13; 2:3; 7:25.

Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: make clear (1).

In the verses

Ecclesiastes 9:1 · tree →

כִּ֣י אֶת־כָּל־זֶ֞ה נָתַ֤תִּי אֶל־לִבִּי֙ וְלָב֣וּר אֶת־כָּל־זֶ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר הַצַּדִּיקִ֧ים וְהַחֲכָמִ֛ים וַעֲבָדֵיהֶ֖ם בְּיַ֣ד הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים גַּֽם־אַהֲבָ֣ה גַם־שִׂנְאָ֗ה אֵ֤ין יוֹדֵ֙עַ֙ הָֽאָדָ֔ם הַכֹּ֖ל לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃

Word for word: (dm) (et) all this I.have.given to heart my and to make.clear (et) all this (cmp) the righteous and the wise and deeds their [are].in the.hand of.(the) God both love as.well.as hatred not [is].knowing (the) humankind (the) everything [is] before them

JPS 1917: For all this I laid to my heart, even to make clear all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.

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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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