Genesis 29:2:3Gen.29.2.W3TAB
בְאֵ֣ר
veer
“a well”
- Transliteration
- ve-ER
- Extended
- veh-EHR
- IPA
- /və.ˈʔeːr/
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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Word in context
- word
ve-ER
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hin-NE ve-ER ba-sa-DE
- clause
va-YAR ve-hin-NE ve-ER ba-sa-DE ve-hin-neh-SHAM she-lo-SHA ed-rei-TSON rov-TSIM a-LE-ha KI min-ha-be-ER ha-HI yash-KU ha-a-da-RIM
- sentence
va-YAR ve-hin-NE ve-ER ba-sa-DE ve-hin-neh-SHAM she-lo-SHA ed-rei-TSON rov-TSIM a-LE-ha KI min-ha-be-ER ha-HI yash-KU ha-a-da-RIM ve-ha-E-ven ge-do-LA al-PI ha-be-ER
Exegesis
The phrase be’er bassadeh {בְאֵר בַּשָּׂדֶה | bəʾēr bassāḏeh} ‘a well in the field’ is a simple locative expression.
Root and etymology
b-ʾ-rbet–aleph–resh
“to dig; a well”
In context — Genesis 29:2
He looked and saw a well in the field, with three flocks of sheep lying beside it, because the flocks drank from that well. A large stone covered the mouth of the well.
About this coordinate
Genesis 29:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 29:2, so the Hebrew word בְאֵ֣ר (veer) 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.29.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.29.2.W3.S1) and character.