Numbers 21:16:4Num.21.16.W4TAB
הַבְּאֵ֗ר
habeer
“the well”
- Transliteration
- ha-be-ER
- Extended
- hah-beh-EER
- IPA
- /hab.ˈbə.ʔeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the well
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ha-be-ER
- phraseyour reading level
hi-U ha-be-ER
- clause
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
- 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 pronoun hi {הִוא | hīʾ} functions as a copular demonstrative linking to the identification habber {הַבְּאֵר | ha-bə-ʾē-r} “the well.”
Root and etymology
b-’-rbet-aleph-resh
“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 21:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 21:16, so the Hebrew word הַבְּאֵ֗ר (habeer) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.16.W4.S1) and character.