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title: בְּשׂוֹר — Besor · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בְּשׂוֹר (1308), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Besor. BDB 1906: n.pr. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בְּשׂוֹר

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«בְּשׂוֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Besor** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 1308 · **BDB:** בְּשׂוֹר

### Glosses

Besor (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Besor [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1308/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1308/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. of brook in Philistine territory: always נַחַל הַבְּשׂוֹר 1 S 30:9, 10, 21; 𝔊 Βοσορ (v 21 Βεανα, but 𝔊L Βοσορ); mod. Wady Ṛazze (Gaza) according to Guérin Judée ii. 213;—it empties into sea SW of Gaza. (Connexion with above √ dub.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בְּשׂוֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1308/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 30:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.30.10/)

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וַיִּרְדֹּ֣ף דָּוִ֔ד ה֖וּא וְאַרְבַּע־מֵא֣וֹת אִ֑ישׁ וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ֙ מָאתַ֣יִם אִ֔ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר פִּגְּר֔וּ מֵעֲבֹ֖ר אֶת־נַ֥חַל הַבְּשֽׂוֹר׃

*Word for word:* and he.pursued David he and four hundred(s) man and they.remained two.hundred man who they.were.\[too\].exhausted for passing.over (et) the.wadi of.(the) Besor

*JPS 1917:* But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.

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[1 Samuel 30:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.30.9/)

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וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ דָּוִ֗ד ה֚וּאוְשֵׁשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת אִישׁ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתּ֔וֹ וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ עַד־נַ֣חַל הַבְּשׂ֑וֹר וְהַנּֽוֹתָרִ֖ים עָמָֽדוּ׃

*Word for word:* and he.went David he and six hundred(s) man who \[were\].with him and they.came to the.wadi of.(the) Besor and \[those who.were\].left.behind they.remained

*JPS 1917:* So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.

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