בָהָר֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בָהָר֙

   ba-HAR

   into the hill country
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְעָלָ֤ה בָהָר֙

   ve-a-LA ba-HAR

   and went up into the hill country
3. clause🔊 וְעָלָ֣ה הַגְּבוּל֩ אֶל־כֶּ֨תֶף יְרִיח֜וֹ מִצָּפ֗וֹן וְעָלָ֤ה בָהָר֙ יָ֔מָּה והיה וְהָיוּ֙ תֹּֽצְאֹתָ֔יו מִדְבַּ֖רָה בֵּ֥ית אָֽוֶן׃

   ve-a-LA hag-GVUL el-ke-TEF ye-ri-KHO mit-sa-FON ve-a-LA ba-HAR ya-MA ve-ha-YA ve-ha-YU tot-se-o-TAIV mid-ba-RA BEIT-A-ven

   and went up the border to the shoulder of Jericho on the north and went up into the hill country westward and was and they were its goings out toward the wilderness of Beth-aven
4. sentence🔊 וַיְהִ֨י לָהֶ֧ם הַגְּב֛וּל לִפְאַ֥ת צָפ֖וֹנָה מִן־הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן וְעָלָ֣ה הַגְּבוּל֩ אֶל־כֶּ֨תֶף יְרִיח֜וֹ מִצָּפ֗וֹן וְעָלָ֤ה בָהָר֙ יָ֔מָּה והיה וְהָיוּ֙ תֹּֽצְאֹתָ֔יו מִדְבַּ֖רָה בֵּ֥ית אָֽוֶן׃

   va-ye-HI la-HEM hag-GVUL lif-AT tsa-FO-na min-ha-yar-DEN ve-a-LA hag-GVUL el-ke-TEF ye-ri-KHO mit-sa-FON ve-a-LA ba-HAR ya-MA ve-ha-YA ve-ha-YU tot-se-o-TAIV mid-ba-RA BEIT-A-ven

   and it was for them the border for the side northward from the Jordan and went up the border to the shoulder of Jericho on the north and went up into the hill country westward and was and they were its goings out toward the wilderness of Beth-aven

Exegesis

Prepositions min {מִן | mîn} and el {אֶל | ʾel} coordinate the boundary’s progression from the Jordan to Jericho’s slope (el-ketef {אֶל־כֶּ֨תֶף | ʾel ke·têph}) and through the hill country (ba-har {בָהָר֙ | bā·hār}).

Root and etymology

b-ḥ-r🔊 ב־ח־רbet–het–resh

“choose, select”