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title: בֵּרִים — Berites · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בֵּרִים (1276), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Berites. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בֵּרִים

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«בֵּרִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Berites** — 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:** 1276 · **BDB:** בֵּרִים

### Glosses

Berites (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Berites [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1276/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** 2 S 20:14 obscure, many after 𝔙 read בַּחֻרִים; Klo prefers הַבִּכְרִים after 𝔊 \& so Dr.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בֵּרִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1276/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 20:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.20.14/)

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וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֞ר בְּכָל־שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אָבֵ֛לָה וּבֵ֥ית מַעֲכָ֖ה בֵ֥ית מַעֲכָ֖ה וְכָל־הַבֵּרִ֑יםס וַיִּקָּ֣הֲל֔וּ וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ אַף־אַחֲרָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and he.passed in all the.tribes of.Israel to Abel and Beth Maacah and all the Berites and they.assembled and they.went also after him

*JPS 1917:* And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maacah, and all the Berites; and they were gathered together, and went in also after him.

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