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title: בְּעֵרָה — burning · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בְּעֵרָה (1200), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: burning. BDB 1906: n.f. burning. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בְּעֵרָה

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«בְּעֵרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **burning** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 1200 · **BDB:** בְּעֵרָה

### Glosses

fire (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

burning [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1200/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. burning [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1200/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. burning, only הַבּ׳ as acc. cogn. with הִבְעִיר Ex 22:5.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בְּעֵרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1200/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 22:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.22.5/)

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כִּֽי־תֵצֵ֨א אֵ֜שׁ וּמָצְאָ֤ה קֹצִים֙ וְנֶאֱכַ֣ל גָּדִ֔ישׁ א֥וֹ הַקָּמָ֖ה א֣וֹ הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה שַׁלֵּ֣ם יְשַׁלֵּ֔ם הַמַּבְעִ֖ר אֶת־הַבְּעֵרָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* (dm) it.will.go.forth a.fire and it.will.find thorns and it.will.be.consumed a.stack.of.sheaves or the.standing grain or the field certainly.(make.compensation) he.will.make.compensation the.\[one who\].kindled (et) the fire

*JPS 1917:* If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the shocks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field are consumed; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

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