BDB874 [H874]

[באר] verb only Pi`el make distinct, plain (so Late Hebrew, Aramaic; LagBN 58 proposes for Qal בָּאֵר, בָּאֹר, compare derivatives below; Thes & most compare Arabic dig a pit or well, but this probably denominative see Lagl.c.) —

Pi`el Perfect 3 masculine singular בֵּאֵר Deut 1:5, Imperative בָּאֵר Hab 2:2 Infinitive absolute בַּאֵר Deut 27:8 (compare § 393, 4) — make distinct, plain, of letters on tablets Hab 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 Deut 27:8 וְכָתַבְתָּ עַלֿ בַּאֵר הֵיטֵב .... הָאֲבָנִים and thou shalt write upon the [whitewashed] stones all the words of this law, doing it plainly and well; figurative explain, expound Deut 1:5 הוֺאִיל משֶׁה בֵּאֵר חַתּוֺרָה Moses began (and) expounded the law.


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