Genesis 21:31:5Gen.21.31.W5PAT

בְּאֵ֣ר

beer

well of

Transliteration
be-ER
Extended
beh-EHR
IPA
/bə.ˈʔeːr/

Meaning by language

English
well of
French
puits de
Spanish
pozo de
Portuguese
poço de
German
Brunnen des
Russian
колодец
Arabic-Simplified
بئر
Hindi
कुआँ
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
우물
Indonesian
sumur
Bengali
কূপ
Tagalog
balon ng
Swahili
kisima cha
Amharic
ጕድጓድ
Yoruba
kanga ti
Igbo
olulu nke
Twi
abura
Ewe
tsiʋu ƒe

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Result
בְּ + אֵ֣ר
be + er
beer

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-ER

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-ER SHA-va

  3. clause

    al-KEN ka-RA lam-ma-KOM ha-HU be-ER SHA-va

  4. sentence

    al-KEN ka-RA lam-ma-KOM ha-HU be-ER SHA-va KI SHAM nish-be-U she-NE-hem

In contextGenesis 21:31

therefore he called place that well of oath because there swore both of them

About this coordinate

Genesis 21:31:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 21:31, so the Hebrew word בְּאֵ֣ר (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 Gen.21.31.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.31.W5.S1) and character.