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title: בְּעוֹר — Beor · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בְּעוֹר (1160), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: Beor. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בְּעוֹר

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«בְּעוֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Beor** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 10 times · **Key:** 1160 · **BDB:** בְּעוֹר

### Glosses

of.Beor (10)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Beor [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1160/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1160/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (a burning; 𝔗 torch)— father of Balaam Nu 22:5; 31:8 Dt 23:5 Jos 13:22; 24:9 Mi 6:5; בְּעֹר Nu 24:3, 15 (בנו ב׳). father of בֶּלַע, a king of Edom Gn 36:32 = 1 Ch 1:43.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בְּעוֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1160/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 36:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.32/)

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וַיִּמְלֹ֣ךְ בֶּאֱד֔וֹם בֶּ֖לַע בֶּן־בְּע֑וֹר וְשֵׁ֥ם עִיר֖וֹ דִּנְהָֽבָה׃

*Word for word:* and he.reigned in Edom Bela the.son of.Beor and the.name his.city his \[was\].Dinhabah

*JPS 1917:* And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom; and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

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[Joshua 13:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.13.22/)

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וְאֶת־בִּלְעָ֥ם בֶּן־בְּע֖וֹר הַקּוֹסֵ֑ם הָרְג֧וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל בַּחֶ֖רֶב אֶל־חַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and (et) Balaam the.son of.Beor the diviner they.killed the.people of.Israel with the sword to their.slain \[ones\]

*JPS 1917:* Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among the rest of their slain.

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