Genesis 16:14:4Gen.16.14.W4TAB
בְּאֵ֥ר
beer
“well of”
- Transliteration
- be-ER
- Extended
- beh-EHR
- IPA
- /bə.ˈʔeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- well of
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
be-ER la-KHAI
- 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
This name combines beer {בְּאֵ֥ר | bə-ʾēr} ‘well’ in construct with lachai roi {לַחַ֖י רֹאִ֑י | la-ḥay rō-ʾî} ‘(of) the Living One seeing me’, commemorating divine oversight.
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 16:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 16:14, so the Hebrew word בְּאֵ֥ר (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 Gen.16.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.14.W4.S1) and character.