Genesis 16:14:3Gen.16.14.W3TAB
לַבְּאֵ֔ר
labeer
“the well”
- Transliteration
- la-be-ER
- Extended
- lah-beh-EHR
- IPA
- /la.bə.ˈʔeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the well
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
la-be-ER
- phraseyour reading level
ka-RA la-be-ER
- clause
al-KEN ka-RA la-be-ER be-ER la-KHAI ro-I
- sentence
al-KEN ka-RA la-be-ER be-ER la-KHAI ro-I hin-NE vein-ka-DESH u-VEIN ba-RED
Exegesis
The verb qara {קָרָ֣א | qā-rāʾ} introduces a naming formula whose object la-be’er {לַבְּאֵ֔ר | la-bə-ʾēr} ‘to the well’ receives the proper name Beer-lahai-roi.
Root and etymology
b-r-ʾbet–resh–aleph
“to dig, to clarify”
In context — Genesis 16:14
For that reason the well was called Beer-lahai-roi ; it is located between Kadesh and Bered.
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 16:14, so the Hebrew word לַבְּאֵ֔ר (labeer) 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 Gen.16.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.14.W3.S1) and character.