Lexical Summary beer: a well, pit Original Word: בְּאֵרTransliteration: beer Phonetic Spelling: (be-ayr') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: a well, pit Meaning: a pit, a well Strong's Concordance pit, well From ba'ar; a pit; especially a well -- pit, well. see HEBREW ba'ar Brown-Driver-Briggs H875. beer בְּאֵר noun feminineGenesis 26:21 well, pit, mostly Hexateuch, Genesis 23 t., Exodus 1 t., Numbers 5 t., 37 t. in all; Arabic , Aramaic בֵּירָא בֵּיר, בְּאֵרָא,, , Sabean באר DHMZMG. 1875, 608, Assyrian bêru, LyonSargon 61 (connection with above √ not clear; Lagl.c. spring of water, as coming to light, appearing; possible, although meaning in use rather well, than spring; see however, 16:14 compare 16:7; 26:19; Numbers 21:17) — ׳בּ absolute Genesis 21:30 +; construct 21:19 +; suffix בְּאֵֶר֑ךָ Proverbs 5:15; Plural absolute בְּאֵרֹת Genesis 26:15; construct id. 26:18; compare חֵמָר בֶּאֱרֹת בֶּאֱרֹת 14:10; — 1 a well, often as made by digging (חָפַר) Genesis 21:25, 30 (E), 26:15, 18, 19, 21, 22, 32 (all J), also in poetry Numbers 21:18 (+ כרה) see also 21:16; 21:17 (where the well addressed, in song, בְאֵר עֲלִי); also with כרה in prose Genesis 26:25; also with no reference to its origin 16:14 (J; "" עַיִן 16:7), 29:2; Exodus 2:15 (J) Numbers 20:17; 21:22 (E) 2 Samuel 17:18, 21; (ה)מַיִם בְּאֵר Genesis 21:19 (E) 24:11 (J; "" עַיִן 24:13; 24:16; 24:43; 24:45); (compare also 21:25; 26:18 above & especially 26:19 חַיִּים מַיִם בְּאֵר); water taken from it by drawing (שָׁאַב) 24:11, 20; flocks watered from it (מִןֿ הִשְׁקָה) 29:2-3, 8, 10 (compare especially Exodus 2:16 they drew, דלה, and filled the troughs); also בְּאֵרֶ֑ךָ מִתּוֺךְ .... מַיִם שְׁתֵה Proverbs 5:15 ("" בּוֺר); the opening called הַבְּאֵר מִּי Genesis 29:2-3,(twice in verse); 29:8, 10; compare הַבּ ׳מְּנֵי 2 Samuel 17:19 (read probably מּי so ᵑ9 ᵑ6 ᵑ7 ⅏, compare Dr); figurative of fresh delights of woman beloved Song of Solomon 4:15 מִןלְֿבָנוֺן וְנוֺזְלִים חַיִּים מַיִם בְּאֵר גַּנִּים מַעְיַן. 2 pit (= בּוֺר); pits of bitumen Genesis 14:10 (compare above); שַׁחַת בְּאֵר Psalm 55:24 pit of (the) grave; compare Psalm 69:16 מִּיהָ בְּאֵר עָלַי וְאַלתֶּֿאְטַר and let not (the) pit shut its mouth over me ("" מְצוּלָה); figurative of strange woman צָרָה בְּאֵר a narrow pit, out of which rescue is difficult Proverbs 23:27 ("" עֲמֻקָּה שׁוּחָה). 3 as proper name, of a location a. with ָ ה locative בְּאֵ֫רָה a station of Israel in desert Numbers 21:16, possibly = אֵילִים בְּאֵר Isaiah 15:8. b. same form Judges 9:21, according to Euseb. LagOnom.238, 2nd ed. 2508miles north of Eleutheropolis; compare RobBR i. 452 who compare elBîreh, near Beth-shemesh. אֵילִים בְּאֵר see בְּאֵר 3. a. above |