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title: בֹּר — cleanness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בֹּר (1252), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: cleanness. BDB 1906: n.m. cleanness, pureness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בֹּר

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«בֹּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cleanness** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 1252 · **BDB:** בֹּר²

### Glosses

to.the.cleanness (3); the.cleanness (1); to (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cleanness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1252/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. cleanness, pureness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1252/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. cleanness, pureness: בֹּר יָדַי cleanness of my hands 2 S 22:21 (= ψ 18:21) ψ 18:25 (= בֹּרִי my cleanness 2 S 22:25); בֹּר כַּף Jb 22:30.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 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 «בֹּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1252/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 22:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.30/)

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יְֽמַלֵּ֥טאִֽי־נָקִ֑י וְ֝נִמְלַ֗ט בְּבֹ֣ר כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃פ

*Word for word:* he.will.deliver not an.innocent.\[person\] and he.will.be.delivered by the.cleanness your.palms your

*JPS 1917:* He delivereth him that is innocent, yea, thou shalt be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.

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[2 Samuel 22:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.21/)

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יִגְמְלֵ֥נִי יְהוָ֖ה כְּצִדְקָתִ֑י כְּבֹ֥ר יָדַ֖י יָשִׁ֥יב לִֽי׃

*Word for word:* he dealt.with.me Yahweh according to my.righteousness according to.the.cleanness my.hands my he.repaid to me

*JPS 1917:* The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath He recompensed me.

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