Numbers 21:16:2Num.21.16.W2TAB
בְּאֵ֑רָה
beerah
“to Beer”
- Transliteration
- be-e-RAH
- Extended
- beh-eh-RAA
- IPA
- /bə.ʔeˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-e-RAH
- clause
u-mi-SHAM be-e-RAH
- sentence
u-mi-SHAM be-e-RAH hi-U ha-be-ER a-SHER a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH le-mo-SHEH e-SOF et-ha-AM ve-et-NAH la-HEM MA-yim
Exegesis
The Hebrew narrative begins with umisham {וּמִשָּׁם | ū-mish-shām} marking sequential movement, followed by the prepositional destination be’erah {בְּאֵרָה | bə-ʾê-rā} “to Beer.”
Root and etymology
b-’–rbet-aleph-resh
“pit or well”
In context — Numbers 21:16
And from there they came to Beer—it is the well which the LORD said to Moses: “Gather the people , and I will give them water.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 21:16, so the Hebrew word בְּאֵ֑רָה (beerah) 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 Num.21.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.16.W2.S1) and character.