UBS Hebrew Dictionary Article

Notes: Passages: OET SA2 17:18–19 · OET SA2 17:21
Dalman (|iArbeit und Sitte in Palästina|i*, V 3 [Gütersloh 1928–42], 200) thinks this must be a place for storing grain, since the two men hide in it.

Form 1

Part of speech: nsf

Related names: בְּאֵר אֵילִים; בְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִי; בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע; בְּאֵרָא; בְּאֵרָה; בְּאֵרֹות; בְּאֵרִי; בְּאֵרֹת בְּנֵי־יַעֲקָן; בַּעֲלַת בְּאֵר

Related lemmas: בֹּור · בַּיִר · באר

Sense 1: well, watering place, spring

Semantic domains: Waterbodies (001005002002005)

Core domains: Nature (115); Construction (045); Liquids (101); Well (195)

Definition: = hole in the ground that reaches underground water; ◄ usually manmade, dug out of the ground, or hewn from rock, but may also be naturally-occurring; ► used for accessing, collecting and storing water; used by shepherds as a source of water for their animals; ≈ regarded as a source of life because of its water; sometimes used as a metaphor for a woman, possibly based on the physical resemblance of the well to the vagina and its connotation as a source of life

Synonyms: בֹּור · גֵּב · עַיִן

Show passage in OET: GEN 16:14

OET-RV GEN 16:14

14 So that’s why that well between Kadesh and Bered is now called ‘The well of the living one who sees me’.

OET-LV GEN 16:14

14 Therefore yes/correct/thus/so someone _called (to)_well Bəʼēr Lahai Roi THERE it_is_between Qādēsh and_between Bered.

Show passage in OET: GEN 21:19

OET-RV GEN 21:19

19 Then God enabled her to see a well, so she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.

OET-LV GEN 21:19

19 And_ god _he _opened DOM eyes _of_her and_she/it _saw a _well _of water and_she _went and_she _filled DOM the_skin water and_she _gave _a _drink _to DOM the_lad.

Jump to OET GEN 16:14 section.

Jump to OET GEN 21:19 section.

All 29 recorded passages for this sense

GEN: OET GEN 16:14 · OET GEN 21:19 · OET GEN 21:25 · OET GEN 21:30 · OET GEN 24:11 · OET GEN 24:20 · OET GEN 26:15 · OET GEN 26:18–22 · OET GEN 26:25 · OET GEN 26:32 · OET GEN 29:2–3 · OET GEN 29:8 · OET GEN 29:10

EXO: OET EXO 2:15

NUM: OET NUM 20:17 · OET NUM 21:16–18 · OET NUM 21:22

SA2: OET SA2 17:18–19 · OET SA2 17:21

PRO: OET PRO 5:15

SNG: OET SNG 4:15

Sense 2: tar pit, bitumen pit

Semantic domains: Landforms (001005002002002)

Core domains: Nature (115)

Definition: = hole in the ground where crude oil seeps to the surface from inside the earth

Collocations: בֶּאֱרֹת חֵמָר

Show passage in OET: GEN 14:10

OET-RV GEN 14:10

10 Now the Sidim Valley had many tar pits, and when the kings of Sedom and Amorah fled, they fell into the pits, but the rest fled up into the hills.

OET-LV GEN 14:10

10 And_the _valley _of (the)_Siddim was_pits _of pits _of bitumen and_ the _king _of Şədom and_Amorah _they _fled and_they _fell to_(to) and_those_who_survived the _hill _country_to they _fled.

Jump to OET GEN 14:10 section.

Sense 3: pit

Semantic domains: Landforms (001005002002002)

Core domains: Nature (115)

Definition: = naturally occurring depression, hole or pit, usually containing a substance in liquid form; ≈ a metaphor for death, based on the physical resemblance of a pit to a grave, on the danger of falling into a pit, or being drowned by water in it, and on the depth of a pit recalling the underworld place of the dead

Show passage in OET: PSA 55:24

OET-RV PSA 55:23

23 But you, God, will send the wicked down into the pit of destruction.
⇔ Bloodthirsty and deceitful people won’t live even half as long as others,
⇔ but I will trust in you.

OET-LV PSA 55:24

24  And_you(ms) Oh _god you_will _bring _them _down to_the_pit _of the_pit people _of blood(s) and_deceit not they _will _divide _in _half days _of_their and_I I _will _trust on/over_you(fs).

Show passage in OET: PSA 69:16

OET-RV PSA 69:15

15 Don’t let the floods of water overwhelm me,
⇔ or let the deep swallow me up.
⇔ Don’t let the pit close its mouth over me.

OET-LV PSA 69:16

16  Not let_it _overflow _me a _flood _of water and_not let_it _swallow _me _up the_deep and_not let _it _close over_me the_pit her/its_mouth.

Jump to OET PSA 55:23 section.

Jump to OET PSA 69:15 section.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

PSA: OET PSA 55:23 · OET PSA 69:15

PRO: OET PRO 23:27

Form 2

Part of speech: np

Name meanings: well

Related lemmas: באר

Sense 1: Beer

Semantic domains: Names of Locations (003001010)

Definition: = location with a well; ◄ in Sinai peninsula; ► the Israelites encamped there on their way from Egypt to Canaan

Coordinates: 30.998062,35.498547

Show passage in OET: NUM 21:16

OET-RV NUM 21:16

16 From there they went to the well at Be’er (which means ‘Well’), where Yahweh told Mosheh (Moses), “Gather the people, and I’ll give them water.”

OET-LV NUM 21:16

16 And_from_there to_Bəʼēr that is_the_well which YHWH he _said to_Mosheh gather DOM the_people so_that _I _may _give to/for_them water.

Jump to OET NUM 21:16 section.

Sense 2: Beer

Semantic domains: Names of Locations (003001010)

Definition: = town, possibly to be identified with Beeroth; ◄ located around ten kilometers north of Jerusalem; territory of Benjamin

Coordinates: 31.900074,35.216688

Show passage in OET: JDG 9:21

OET-RV JDG 9:21

21 Then Yotam (Jotham) fled away and escaped and went to Be’er and settled there away from the presence of his half-brother Avimelek.

OET-LV JDG 9:21

21 And_ Yōtām/(Jotham) _he _fled and_he _ran _away and_he/it _went to_Bəʼēr and_he/it _sat _down//remained//lived there from_face/in _front _of ʼAⱱīmelek his/its_brother.

Jump to OET JDG 9:21 section.

Sense 3: Beer-Lahai-Roi

Definition: see בְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִי

Show passage in OET: GEN 16:14

OET-RV GEN 16:14

14 So that’s why that well between Kadesh and Bered is now called ‘The well of the living one who sees me’.

OET-LV GEN 16:14

14 Therefore yes/correct/thus/so someone _called (to)_well Bəʼēr Lahai Roi THERE it_is_between Qādēsh and_between Bered.

Show passage in OET: GEN 24:62

OET-RV GEN 24:62

62 Meanwhile Yitshak (Isaac) was living in the Negev region, and had just returned from visiting Be’er -Lahay -Ro’i.

OET-LV GEN 24:62

62 And_Yiʦḩāq/(Isaac) he _came from_going Bəʼēr Lahai Roi and_he was_dwelling in_land of_the _Negeⱱ.

Jump to OET GEN 16:14 section.

Jump to OET GEN 24:62 section.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

GEN: OET GEN 16:14 · OET GEN 24:62 · OET GEN 25:11

Sense 4: Beersheba

Semantic domains: Names of Locations (003001010)

Definition: = town; ◄ located in the Negeb, at the southern border of Judah; ► used esp. in combination with Dan at the northern border of Israel to refer to all Israel

Collocations: בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע

Coordinates: 31.244952,34.840888

Show passage in OET: GEN 21:14

OET-RV GEN 21:14

14 Avraham got up early the next morning, and got some bread and a skin of water and helped Hagar put them on her shoulder. Then he gave her the child and sent her away, and she left and wandered in the wilderness around Be’er -Sheva (Beersheba).

OET-LV GEN 21:14

14 And_ ʼAⱱrāhām _he _rose _early in_morning and_he/it _took food and_a _skin _of water and_he/it _gave to Hāgār placing on shoulder _of_her and_DOM the_boy and_he_sent _her _away and_she _went and_she _wandered in_the _wilderness _of Bəʼēr.

Show passage in OET: GEN 21:31

OET-RV GEN 21:31

31 So that’s why the place was named ‘Be’er -Sheva’ (Beersheba) (which means ‘Well of the seven’ or ‘Well of the oath’), because that’s where the two of them made their agreement.

OET-LV GEN 21:31