Genesis 26:21:2Gen.26.21.W2TAB
בְּאֵ֣ר
beer
“well”
- Transliteration
- be-ER
- Extended
- beh-EHR
- IPA
- /bə.ˈʔeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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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Word in context
- word
be-ER
- phraseyour reading level
be-ER a-KHE-ret
- clause
va-yakh-pe-RU be-ER a-KHE-ret va-ya-RI-vu gam-a-LE-ha
- sentence
va-yakh-pe-RU be-ER a-KHE-ret va-ya-RI-vu gam-a-LE-ha va-yik-RA she-MAH sit-NA
Exegesis
The noun be’er {בְּאֵר | bəʾēr} “well” with acheret {אַחֶרֶת | ʾaḥeret} “another” signals a repeated digging after the conflict recorded in Genesis 26:20.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–aleph–resh
“well, pit”
In context — Genesis 26:21
They dug another well, and they quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah .
About this coordinate
Genesis 26:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 26:21, so the Hebrew word בְּאֵ֣ר (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.26.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.21.W2.S1) and character.