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Hebrew wordlink #11722

OSHB Gen 26:21 בְּאֵר (bəʼēr) Strongs=875 Lemma=‘בְּאֵר’
contextual word gloss=‘a_well’ word gloss=‘well’
Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1804

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

The word form ‘בְּאֵר’ (Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) has 2 different glosses: ‘[the]_pit’, ‘a_well’.

GEN 26:22 contextual word gloss=‘a_well’ word gloss=‘well’ OSHB GEN 26:22 word 4

OET-LV: 22 And_he _moved _on from_there and_he _dug a _well another and_not they _disputed on/upon_it(f) and_he/it _called his/its_name Rəḩoⱱōt and_he/it _said if/because now YHWH he _has _made _space to/for_us and_we _will _be _fruitful in/on _the_earth. (GEN_26:22)

OET-RV: 22 Then he moved from there and dug another well, and they didn’t quarrel over it, so he named it ‘Rehoboth’ (which means ‘space’), and he said, “Because now Yahweh has made space for us and we’ll be productive in this area.” (GEN 26:22)

GEN 26:25 contextual word gloss=‘a_well’ word gloss=‘well’ OSHB GEN 26:25 word 14

OET-LV: 25 And_he/it _built there an _altar and_he/it _called in/on_name _of YHWH and_he _pitched there tent _of_his and_they _dug there the _servants _of Yiʦḩāq/(Isaac) a _well. (GEN_26:25)

OET-RV: 25 So Yitshak built an altar there and he prayed to Yahweh. He set up his tents there and his slaves dug a well there. (GEN 26:25)

NUM 21:18 contextual word gloss=‘a_well’ word gloss=‘well’ OSHB NUM 21:18 word 1

OET-LV: 18 A _well which_they_dug _it the_leaders which_they_dug _it the _noble_people_of the _people with_a _ruler’s _staff with_their _of_staffs and_from_the_wilderness Mattānāh. (NUM_21:18)

OET-RV: 18 the well dug by the leaders,
⇔ ≈ the top citizens dug it out.
⇔ with their sceptres and their staffs.”
¶ From that wilderness, the people went on to Mattanah, (NUM 21:18)

PSA 69:16 contextual word gloss=‘[the]_pit’ word gloss=‘pit’ OSHB PSA 69:16 word 11

OET-LV: 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. (PSA_69:16)

OET-RV: 16 Answer me, Yahweh, because your loyal commitment is good.
⇔ ≈ Turn to me because you’ve shown so much mercy towards me. (PSA 69:16)

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’.