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Hebrew wordlink #9975

OSHB Gen 24:11 בְּאֵר (bəʼēr) Strongs=875 Lemma=‘בְּאֵר’
contextual word gloss=‘the_well_of’ word gloss=‘well_of’
Morphology=Ncfsc PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=construct
Year=-1857

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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 21:25 contextual word gloss=‘of_the_well_of’ word gloss=‘well_of’ OSHB GEN 21:25 word 7

OET-LV: 25 And_ ʼAⱱrāhām _he _rebuked DOM ʼAⱱīmelek on the _causes _of the _well _of the_waters which the _servants _of they _had _seized of _ʼAⱱīmelek. (GEN_21:25)

OET-RV: 25 But Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well of water that had been taken over by Abimelech’s slaves. (GEN 21:25)

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’.