STRONGS H874:
Abbreviations
† [
באר]
verb only
Pi. make distinct, plain (so Late Hebrew, Aramaic; Lag
BN 58 proposes for Qal
בָּאֵר,
בָּאֹר, compare derivatives below; Thes & most compare Arabic
dig a pit or
well, but this probably denominative see Lag
l.c.) —
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular בֵּאֵר Deuteronomy 1:5,
Imperative בָּאֵר Habakkuk 2:2;
Infinitive absolute בַּאֵר Deuteronomy 27:8 (compare Bö
§ 393, 4) —
make distinct, plain, of letters on tablets
Habakkuk 2:2 כְּתֹב חָזוֺן וּבָאֵר עַלֿ הַלֻּחוֺת לְמַעַן יָרוּץ קוֺרֵא בוֺ, i.e. so that one may run past and (still) read; or, so that one may read swiftly; on stones
Deuteronomy 27:8 וְכָתַבְתָּ עַלֿ בַּאֵר הֵיטֵב֗֗֗הָאֲבָנִים and thou shalt write upon the [whitewashed]
stones all the words of this law,
doing it plainly and well; figurative
explain, expound Deuteronomy 1:5 הוֺאִיל משֶׁה בֵּאֵר חַתּוֺרָה Moses began (and)
expounded the law.
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Deuteronomy
1:5; 1:5; 27:8; 27:8
Habakkuk
2:2; 2:2