--- title: בָּשַׂר — bear tidings · The Tanakh dictionary description: בָּשַׂר (1319), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 24 times: bear tidings. BDB 1906: vb. bear tidings. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1319.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ב](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1489-4.md)‎ / בָּשַׂר‎ # בָּשַׂר «בָּשַׂר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bear tidings** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 24 times · **Key:** 1319 · **BDB:** בָּשַׂר ### Glosses bear.news (4); O.bearer.of.news (2); bear.the.news (2) ### Meaning (OSHB) bear tidings [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1319/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. bear tidings [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1319/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. bear tidings (√ rub, smooth the face; cf. Arabic بَشَرَ remove the face or surface of a thing, cf. Arabic بَشِرَ be glad, joyful; بَشَّرَهُ بِمَوْلُودٍ he rejoiced him with the message of a new-born son; Ethiopic አብሰረ bring a joyful message, so Assyrian bussuru (Pa.) DlPr 170, Sab. תבשר DHMMV, also בשר n.pr.dei, بشير DHM ZMG 1883, 358, CISiv. 1, 41, 1. 3)— Pf. בִּשַּׂר Je 20:15 + 2 times; Impf. תְּבַשֵּׂר 2 S 18:20 + 4 times; אֲבַשְּׂרָה 2 S 18:19; Imv. בַּשְּׂרוּ 1 Ch 16:23 = ψ 96:2; Inf. לְבַשֵּׂר 1 S 31:9 + 2 times; Pt. מְבַשֵּׂר Is 41:27 + 6 times; f. מְבַשֶּׂרֶת Is 40:9x2; pl. מְבַשְּׂרוֹת ψ 68:12;— gladden with good tidings: birth of a son Je 20:15; victory 1 S 31:9; 2 S 1:20; 1 Ch 10:9 ψ 68:12; היה כמבשׂר בעיניו he was in his eyes as a bearer of good tidings 2 S 4:10. bear tidings 2 S 18:19, 20(×2), 26; even of evil 1 S 4:17, and so with acc. בשׂר טוב 1 K 1:42. herald as glad tidings: the salvation of God, preach (chiefly exilic usage) the advent of י׳ in salvation Na 2:1; Is 40:9(×2); 41:27; 52:7(×2); the praises of Yahweh 60:6; His righteousness in the great congregation ψ 40:10; His salvation daily ψ 96:2 = 1 Ch 16:23; the Messianic servant preaches good tidings to the meek Is 61:1. Impf. יִתְבַּשֵּׂר 2 S 18:31 receive good tidings (so Kirkp. Klo; cf. Arabic بَشِرَ iv. x; otherwise AV). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 21 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «בָּשַׂר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1319/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 68:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.68.12/) אֲדֹנָ֥י יִתֶּן־אֹ֑מֶר הַֽ֝מְבַשְּׂר֗וֹת צָבָ֥א רָֽב׃ *Word for word:* Lord \[the\] he.gives a.word the.\[women who\].bear.the.news \[are\].a.host great *JPS 1917:* The Lord giveth the word; the women that proclaim the tidings are a great host. [Isaiah 41:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.41.27/) רִאשׁ֥וֹן לְצִיּ֖וֹן הִנֵּ֣ה הִנָּ֑ם וְלִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם מְבַשֵּׂ֥ר אֶתֵּֽן׃ *Word for word:* a.first.\[one\] to Zion here! here they.\[are\] and to Jerusalem a.bearer.of.news I.gave *JPS 1917:* A harbinger unto Zion will I give: 'Behold, behold them', and to Jerusalem a messenger of good tidings. - ← previous: [בָּשַׁס](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1318.md) - next →: [בָּשָׂר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1320.md) - ↑ back to [ב](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1489-4.md)