2 Samuel 23:15:72 Sam.23.15.W7TAB
מִבֹּ֥אר
miboar
“from {the} well of”
- Transliteration
- mi-BO-ar
- Extended
- mih-BOH-ahr
- IPA
- /mibˈboː.ʔaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- from {the} well of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-BO-ar
- phraseyour reading level
mi-BO-ar BET-LE-khem
- clause
MI yash-ke-NI MA-yim mi-BO-ar BET-LE-khem a-SHER ba-sha-AR
- sentence
va-yit-a-VE da-VID va-yo-MAR MI yash-ke-NI MA-yim mi-BO-ar BET-LE-khem a-SHER ba-sha-AR
Exegesis
The construct mibo’er {מִבֹּ֥אר | mib·bō·ʾer} ‘from the well’ specifies source, and beit-lechem {בֵּֽית־לֶ֖חֶם | beyt-leḥem} ‘Bethlehem’ localizes it.
In context — 2 Samuel 23:15
And David longed and said, “Who will give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem which is by the gate?”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 23:15:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 23:15, so the Hebrew word מִבֹּ֥אר (miboar) 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.23.15.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.15.W7.S1) and character.