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title: בָּתַר — cut in two · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בָּתַר (1334), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: cut in two. BDB 1906: vb. cut in two. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בָּתַר

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«בָּתַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cut in two** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 1334 · **BDB:** בָּתַר

### Glosses

he.cut.in.two (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cut in two [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1334/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. cut in two [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1334/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. cut in two (Arabic بَتَرَ cut off prematurely; extirpate by cutting)— Pf. בָּתָ֑ר Gn 15:10; Impf. וַיְבַתֵּר Gn 15:10 id.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בָּתַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1334/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 15:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.15.10/)

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וַיִּֽקַּֽח־ל֣וֹ אֶת־כָּל־אֵ֗לֶּה וַיְבַתֵּ֤ר אֹתָם֙ בַּתָּ֔וֶךְ וַיִּתֵּ֥ן אִישׁ־בִּתְר֖וֹ לִקְרַ֣את רֵעֵ֑הוּ וְאֶת־הַצִפֹּ֖רלֹ֥א בָתָֽר׃

*Word for word:* and he.brought to him (et) all these and he.cut.in.two them in the middle and he.set each piece its to meet neighbor its and (et) the bird\[s\] not he.cut.in.two

*JPS 1917:* And he took him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each half over against the other; but the birds divided he not.

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