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title: בָּאַר — make distinct · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בָּאַר (874), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: make distinct. BDB 1906: vb. Pi. make distinct, plain. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בָּאַר

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«בָּאַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **make distinct** — 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:** 874 · **BDB:** באר

### Glosses

clearly (1); he.made.clear (1); make.\[it\].clear (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

make distinct [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/874/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. Pi. make distinct, plain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/874/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. only Pi. make distinct, plain (so NH, Aramaic; LagBN 58 prop. for Qal בָּאֵר, בָּאֹר, cf. deriv. infr.; Thes \& most comp. Arabic بَأَرَ dig a pit or well, but this prob. denom. v. Lagl.c.)— Pf. 3 ms. בֵּאֵר Dt 1:5, Imv. בָּאֵר Hb 2:2; Inf. abs. בַּאֵר Dt 27:8 (cf. Bö§393, 4)—make distinct, plain, of letters on tablets Hb 2:2 כְּתֹב חָזוֹן וּבָאֵר עַל־הַלֻּחוֹת לְמַעַן יָרוּץ קוֹרֵא בוֹ, i.e. so that one may run past and (still) read; or, so that one may read swiftly; on stones Dt 27:8וְכָתַבְתָּ עַל־הָאֲבָנִים … בַּאֵר הֵיטֵב and thou shalt write upon the \[whitewashed\] stones all the words of this law, doing it plainly and well; fig. explain, expound Dt 1:5 הוֹאִיל מֹשֶׁה בֵּאֵר הַתּוֹרָה Moses began (and) expounded the law.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בָּאַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/874/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 27:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.27.8/)

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וְכָתַבְתָּ֣ עַל־הָאֲבָנִ֗ים אֶֽת־כָּל־דִּבְרֵ֛י הַתּוֹרָ֥ה הַזֹּ֖את בַּאֵ֥ר הֵיטֵֽב׃ס

*Word for word:* and you.will.write on the stones (et) all the.words of the.law (the) this clearly well.(do.well)

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.'

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[Deuteronomy 1:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.1.5/)

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בְּעֵ֥בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מוֹאָ֑ב הוֹאִ֣יל מֹשֶׁ֔ה בֵּאֵ֛ר אֶת־הַתּוֹרָ֥ה הַזֹּ֖את לֵאמֹֽר׃

*Word for word:* on the.other.side of the.Jordan in the.land of.Moab he.undertook Moses he.made.clear (et) the law (the) this (cmp)

*JPS 1917:* beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, took Moses upon him to expound this law, saying:

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