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title: בַּר — pure · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בַּר (1249), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: pure. BDB 1906: adj. pure, clean. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בַּר

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«בַּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pure** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 1249 · **BDB:** בַּר³

### Glosses

pure (2); \[is\].a.pure.\[daughter\] (1); \[is\].clean (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pure [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1249/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. pure, clean [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1249/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. pure, clean, Jb 11:4 ψ 24:4; בָּר Pr 14:4; pl. cstr. בָּרֵי ψ 73:1; f. בָּרָה ψ 19:9 Ct 6:9, 10;— pure, clear: בר לבב pure in heart ψ 24:4; ברי לבב ψ 73:1; a pure damsel Ct 6:9, 10, man Jb 11:4, commands of God ψ 19:9. clean: אֵבוּס בָּר crib is clean Pr 14:4. perhaps adv. נַשְּׁקוּ־בַר kiss purely, of sincere homage ψ 2:12 but cf. i. בַּר, p. 135.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (17 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בַּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1249/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 19:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.19.9/)

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פִּקּ֘וּדֵ֤י יְהוָ֣ה יְ֭שָׁרִים מְשַׂמְּחֵי־לֵ֑ב מִצְוַ֥ת יְהוָ֥ה בָּ֝רָ֗ה מְאִירַ֥ת עֵינָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* the.precepts of.Yahweh \[are\].upright making.glad (of).\[the\].heart the.commandment of.Yahweh \[is\].pure enlightening (of).eyes

*JPS 1917:* The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

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[Job 11:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.4/)

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וַ֭תֹּאמֶר זַ֣ךְ לִקְחִ֑י וּ֝בַ֗ר הָיִ֥יתִי בְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* and you.have.said \[is\].pure teaching my and clean I.am in eyes your

*JPS 1917:* And thou hast said: 'My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in Thine eyes.'

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