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Hebrew wordlink #8826

OSHB Gen 21:25 בְּאֵר (bəʼēr) Strongs=875 Lemma=‘בְּאֵר’
contextual word gloss=‘of_the_well_of’ word gloss=‘well_of’
Morphology=Ncfsc PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=construct
Year=-1886

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Other uses (4) of identical word form בְּאֵר (Morphology=Ncfsc PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘בְּאֵר’ (Morphology=Ncfsc PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=construct) has 3 different glosses: ‘a_well_of’, ‘of_the_well_of’, ‘the_well_of’.

GEN 21:19 contextual word gloss=‘a_well_of’ word gloss=‘well_of’ OSHB GEN 21:19 word 6

OET-LV: 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. (GEN_21:19)

OET-RV: 19 Then God enabled her to see a well, so she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink. (GEN 21:19)

GEN 24:11 contextual word gloss=‘the_well_of’ word gloss=‘well_of’ OSHB GEN 24:11 word 6

OET-LV: 11 And_he _made _kneel the_camels from_the_outside of_city to the _well _of the_waters to_the_time _of evening to_the _time _of go _out the_women_who_draw _water. (GEN_24:11)

OET-RV: 11 Then on that first evening, he made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well. It was the time that women come out to fetch water, (GEN 24:11)

GEN 26:19 contextual word gloss=‘a_well_of’ word gloss=‘well_of’ OSHB GEN 26:19 word 7

OET-LV: 19 And_ the _servants _of _they _dug of _Yiʦḩāq in_wadi and_they _found there a _well _of water living. (GEN_26:19)

OET-RV: 19 Then Yitshak’s slaves dug in the valley and found an underground spring with flowing water there. (GEN 26:19)

SNG 4:15 contextual word gloss=‘a_well_of’ word gloss=‘well_of’ OSHB SNG 4:15 word 3

OET-LV: 15 A _spring _of gardens a _well _of water living and_flowing from Ləⱱānōn. (SNG_4:15)

OET-RV: 15 a fountain of gardens,
⇔ a well of living waters,
⇔ and streams flowing down from Lebanon. (SNG 4:15)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘בְּאֵר’’ have 8 different glosses: ‘Beer’, ‘[is]_Beer’, ‘[the]_pit’, ‘a_well’, ‘a_well_of’, ‘of’, ‘of_the_well_of’, ‘the_well_of’.