Joshua 19:8:7Josh.19.8.W7TAB
בְּאֵ֖ר
beer
“Beer”
- Transliteration
- be-ER
- Extended
- beh-EHR
- IPA
- /bəˈʔeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- Beer
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
ad-ba-a-LAT be-ER
- clause
ve-KOL-ha-kha-tse-RIM a-SHER se-vi-VOT he-a-RIM ha-EH-leh ad-ba-a-LAT be-ER ra-a-MAT NE-gev
- sentence
ve-KOL-ha-kha-tse-RIM a-SHER se-vi-VOT he-a-RIM ha-EH-leh ad-ba-a-LAT be-ER ra-a-MAT NE-gev ZOT na-kha-LAT mat-TEH ve-NEI-shim-ON le-mish-pe-KHO-tam
Exegesis
The preposition ’ad {עַד | ’ad} ‘as far as’ marks the territorial boundary specified by the construct chain ba‘ălat bĕ’ēr rāmat nĕgev {בַּעֲלַת בְּאֵר רָאמַת נֶגֶב | ba’-ă-lat bə-’ēr rā-mat nê-gev}.
Root and etymology
Rootb-'-r
“well”
In context — Joshua 19:8
And all the villages that are around these towns as far as Baalath Beer—Ramath Negev—this was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, according to their clans.
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 19:8, so the Hebrew word בְּאֵ֖ר (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 Josh.19.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.8.W7.S1) and character.