STRONGS H875:
Abbreviations
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בְּאֵר noun feminineGenesis 26:21 well, pit, mostly Hexateuch,
Genesis 23 times,
Exodus 1 time,
Numbers 5 times, +
37 times in all; Arabic
, Aramaic
בְּאֵרָא,
בֵּיר,
בֵּירָא,
, Sabean
באר DHM
ZMG. 1875, 608, Assyrian
bêru, Lyon
Sargon 61 (connection with above √ not clear; Lag
l.c. spring of water, as
coming to light, appearing; possible, although meaning in use rather
well, than
spring; see however,
Genesis 16:14 compare
Genesis 16:7;
Genesis 26:19;
Numbers 21:17) —
בּ׳ absolute
Genesis 21:30 +; construct
Genesis 21:19 +; suffix
בְּאֵֶר֑ךָ Proverbs 5:15; Plural absolute
בְּאֵרֹת Genesis 26:15; construct id.
Genesis 26:18; compare
בֶּאֱרֹת בֶּאֱרֹת חֵמָר Genesis 14:10; —
† 1. a well, often as made by digging (
חָפַר)
Genesis 21:25, 30 (E),
Genesis 26:15, 18, 19, 21, 22, 32 (all J), also in poetry
Numbers 21:18 (+
כרה) see also [
H876 Numbers 21:16];
Numbers 21:17 (where the well addressed, in song,
עֲלִי בְאֵר); also with
כרה in prose
Genesis 26:25; also with no reference to its origin
Genesis 16:14 (J; ||
עַיִן Genesis 16:7),
Genesis 29:2;
Exodus 2:15 (J)
Numbers 20:17;
Numbers 21:22 (E)
2 Samuel 17:18, 21;
בְּאֵר (ה)מַיִם Genesis 21:19 (E)
Genesis 24:11 (J; ||
עַיִן Genesis 24:13;
Genesis 24:16;
Genesis 24:43;
Genesis 24:45); (compare also
Genesis 21:25;
Genesis 26:18 above & especially
Genesis 26:19 בְּאֵר מַיִם חַיִּים); water taken from it by drawing (
שָׁאַב)
Genesis 24:11, 20; flocks watered from it (
הִשְׁקָה מִןֿ)
Genesis 29:2, 3, 8, 10 (compare especially
Exodus 2:16 they drew,
דלה, and filled the troughs); also
מִתּוֺךְ בְּאֵרֶ֑ךָ....
שְׁתֵה מַיִם Proverbs 5:15 (||
בּוֺר); the opening called
פִּי הַבְּאֵר Genesis 29:2, 3 (twice in verse);
Genesis 29:8, 10; compare
הַבּ׳ פְּנֵי 2 Samuel 17:19 (read probably
פּי so SAM
, compare Dr); figurative of fresh delights of woman beloved Songs 4:15
מַעְיַן גַּנִּים בְּאֵר מַיִם חַיִּים וְנוֺזְלִים מִןלְֿבָנוֺן.
† 2. pit (=
בּוֺר); pits of bitumen
Genesis 14:10 (compare above);
בְּאֵר שַׁחַת Psalm 55:24 [
Psalm 55:23]
pit of (the) grave; compare
Psalm 69:16 פִּיהָ בְּאֵר עָלַי וְאַל־תֶּאְטַר and let not (the) pit shut its mouth over me (||
מְצוּלָה); figurative of strange woman
בְּאֵר צָרָה a narrow pit, out of which rescue is difficult
Proverbs 23:27 (||
שׁוּחָה עֲמֻקָּה).
† 3. as proper name, of a location.
† b. same form [
H876 Judges 9:21], according to Euseb. Lag
Onom. 238, 2nd ed. 250 8 miles north of Eleutheropolis; compare Rob
BR i. 452 who compares
el-Bîreh, near Beth-shemesh.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
14:10; 14:10; 16:7; 16:7; 16:14; 16:14; 21:19; 21:19; 21:25; 21:25; 21:30; 21:30; 24:11; 24:11; 24:13; 24:16; 24:20; 24:43; 24:45; 26:15; 26:15; 26:18; 26:18; 26:18; 26:19; 26:19; 26:19; 26:21; 26:21; 26:22; 26:25; 26:32; 29:2; 29:2; 29:2; 29:3; 29:3; 29:8; 29:8; 29:10; 29:10
Exodus
2:15; 2:16
Numbers
20:17; 21:17; 21:17; 21:18; 21:22
2 Samuel
17:18; 17:19; 17:21
Psalms
55:23; 69:16
Proverbs
5:15; 5:15; 23:27
Song of Songs
4:15
