2 Samuel 17:18:132 Sam.17.18.W13TAB
בְאֵ֛ר
beer
“a well”
- Transliteration
- be-ER
- Extended
- beh-EER
- IPA
- /bəˈʔeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a well
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-ER
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO be-ER
- clause
va-yel-KHU she-NE-hem me-he-RA va-ya-VO-u el-BET-ISH be-va-khu-RIM ve-LO be-ER ba-kha-tse-RO va-yer-DU SHAM
- sentence
va-YAR-e o-TAM NA-ar va-yag-GED le-av-sha-LOM va-yel-KHU she-NE-hem me-he-RA va-ya-VO-u el-BET-ISH be-va-khu-RIM ve-LO be-ER ba-kha-tse-RO va-yer-DU SHAM
Exegesis
The conjunction wəlōw {וְלוֹ | wə-lōw} ‘and to him’ introduces possession of the well, described by bə-ʾēr {בְאֵר | bə-ʾēr} ‘a well’ and the spatial phrase bâḥăṣērô {בַּחֲצֵר֖וֹ | bâ-ḥă-ṣĕ-rô} ‘in his courtyard.’
Root and etymology
b-ʾ-rbet–aleph–resh
“well, pit”
In context — 2 Samuel 17:18
A young man saw them and told Absalom. Then the two of them went quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim; he had a well in his courtyard , and they went down there.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:18:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Samuel 17:18, so the Hebrew word בְאֵ֛ר (beer) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Sam.17.18.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.18.W13.S1) and character.