פְּתוֹר
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6604
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
Pethor tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
פְּתוֹר: n.pr.loc. tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.pr.loc. home of Balaam;—c. ה loc. פְּת֫וֹרָה Nu 22:5, Φαθουρα, A Βαθουρα; פ׳ אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם Dt 23:5, but om. פ׳ 𝔊;—cf. Assyrian Pitru (on W. bank of upper Euphr.) SchrKGF 220; COT Nu 22:5 DlPa 269 DrHastings DB; Egyptian Pe-d-ru WMMAs. u. Eur. 291.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Pethor (1); to (1).
In the verses
וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח מַלְאָכִ֜ים אֶל־בִּלְעָ֣ם בֶּן־בְּע֗וֹר פְּ֠תוֹרָה אֲשֶׁ֧ר עַל־הַנָּהָ֛ר אֶ֥רֶץ בְּנֵי־עַמּ֖וֹ לִקְרֹא־ל֑וֹ לֵאמֹ֗ר הִ֠נֵּה עַ֣ם יָצָ֤א מִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙ הִנֵּ֤ה כִסָּה֙ אֶת־עֵ֣ין הָאָ֔רֶץ וְה֥וּא יֹשֵׁ֖ב מִמֻּלִֽי׃
Word for word: and he.sent messengers to Balaam the.son of.Beor to Pethor which [was].at the river the.land of.the.sons his.people his to summon (to) him (cmp) here! a.people it.has.come.out from Egypt here! it.has.covered (et) the.eye of the.land and it [is].dwelling from in front.of.me
JPS 1917: And he sent messengers unto Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying: 'Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt; behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me.
עַל־דְּבַ֞ר אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹא־קִדְּמ֤וּ אֶתְכֶם֙ בַּלֶּ֣חֶם וּבַמַּ֔יִם בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ בְּצֵאתְכֶ֣ם מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם וַאֲשֶׁר֩ שָׂכַ֨ר עָלֶ֜יךָ אֶת־בִּלְעָ֣ם בֶּן־בְּע֗וֹר מִפְּת֛וֹר אֲרַ֥מ נַהֲרַ֖יִם אֲרַ֥מ נַהֲרַ֖יִם לְקַֽלְלֶֽךָּ׃
Word for word: on the.thing (of).that not they.met you with (the) food and with (the) water on the way when you came.out from Egypt and that he.hired on you (et) Balaam the.son of.Beor from Pethor Aram Naharaim to curse you
JPS 1917: because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Aram-naharaim, to curse thee.
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