Strong's Lexicon: H875 בְּאֵר

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H875
Word:	בְּאֵר
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	from H874
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	37
Transliteration:	er
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	be-ayr'
Meaning:	1. a pit 2. especially a well
KJV Renderings:	pit, well.

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BDB875

בְּאֵר noun feminine^{Gen 26:21} well, pit, mostly Hexateuch, Genesis 23 t., Exodus 1 t., Numbers 5 t., 37 t. in all; Arabic [untranscribed source text 490], Aramaic בְּאֵרָא, בֵּיר, בֵּירָא, [untranscribed source text 491], 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, Gen 16:14 compare Gen 16:7; Gen 26:19; Num 21:17) — ׳ בּ absolute Gen 21:30 +; construct Gen 21:19 +; suffix בְּאֵֶר֑ךָ Prov 5:15 Plural absolute בְּאֵרֹת Gen 26:15 construct id. Gen 26:18 compare בֶּאֱרֹת בֶּאֱרֹת חֵמָר Gen 14:10 —

1. a well, often as made by digging (חָפַר) Gen 21:25; Gen 21:30 ( E ), Gen 26:15; Gen 26:18; Gen 26:19; Gen 26:21; Gen 26:22; Gen 26:32 (all J ), also in poetry Num 21:18 (+ כרה) see also Num 21:16 Num 21:17 (where the well addressed, in song, עֲלִי בְאֵר); also with כרה in prose Gen 26:25 also with no reference to its origin Gen 16:14 ( J ; || עַיִן Gen 16:7), Gen 29:2; Exod 2:15 ( J ) Num 20:17; Num 21:22 ( E ) 2Sam 17:18; 2Sam 17:21 בְּאֵר (ה)מַיִם Gen 21:19 ( E ) Gen 24:11 ( J ; || עַיִן Gen 24:13 Gen 24:16 Gen 24:43 Gen 24:45); (compare also Gen 21:25; Gen 26:18 above & especially Gen 26:19 בְּאֵר מַיִם חַיִּים); water taken from it by drawing (שָׁאַב) Gen 24:11; Gen 24:20 flocks watered from it (הִשְׁקָה מִןֿ) Gen 29:2; Gen 29:3; Gen 29:8; Gen 29:10 (compare especially Exod 2:16 they drew, דלה, and filled the troughs); also מִתּוֺךְ בְּאֵרֶ֑ךָ …. שְׁתֵה מַיִם Prov 5:15 (|| בּוֺר); the opening called פִּי הַבְּאֵר Gen 29:2; Gen 29:3 (twice in verse); Gen 29:8 ; Gen 29:10 compare ׳ פְּנֵי הַבּ 2Sam 17:19 (read probably פּי so ⅏ ᵑ7 ᵑ6 ᵑ9 , compare Dr); figurative of fresh delights of woman beloved Song 4:15 מַעְיַן גַּנִּים בְּאֵר מַיִם חַיִּים וְנוֺזְלִים מִןלְֿבָנוֺן.

2. pit (= בּוֺר); pits of bitumen Gen 14:10 (compare above); בְּאֵר שַׁחַת Ps 55:24 pit of (the) grave; compare Ps 69:16 וְאַלתֶּֿאְטַר עָלַי בְּאֵר פִּיהָ 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 Prov 23:27 (|| שׁוּחָה עֲמֻקָּה).

3. as proper name [of a location]

a. with ָ ה locative בְּאֵ֫רָה a station of Israel in desert Num 21:16, possibly = בְּאֵר אֵילִים Isa 15:8.

b. same form Judg 9:21, according to Euseb. Lag^{Onom.238, 2nd
ed. 250} 8 miles north of Eleutheropolis; compare Rob^{BR
i. 452} who compare elBîreh, near Beth-shemesh.

בְּאֵר אֵילִים see בְּאֵר 3. a. above

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

בָּאֶר (bah-ar’)

Deuteronomy 1:5

KJV: On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,

EHCC: began Moses !0 declare this law,

Deuteronomy 27:8

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

EHCC: all the words of this law very plainly. (lit.

Genesis 14:10

KJV: And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.

EHCC: Siddim (was full of) slimepits ; (lit. pits

Exodus 2:15

KJV: Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.

EHCC: he sat down bv a well,

Numbers 20:17

KJV: Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king’s high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.

EHCC: the water of the wells :

2 Samuel 17:18

KJV: Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man’s house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.

EHCC: which had a well in his court ;

Psalms 55:23

KJV: But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.bloody…: Heb. men of bloods and deceitshall…: Heb. shall not half their days

EHCC: (24). them down into the pit of destruction:

Proverbs 5:15

KJV: Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

EHCC: waters out of thine own well.

Proverbs 23:27

KJV: For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

EHCC: anda strange woman (is) ₪ narrow pit.

Song of Songs 4:15

KJV: A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.

EHCC: a well of living waters,

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