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title: בְּאֵרֹתִי — Beerothite · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בְּאֵרֹתִי (886), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Beerothite. BDB 1906: adj.gent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בְּאֵרֹתִי

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«בְּאֵרֹתִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Beerothite** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 886 · **BDB:** בְאֵרֹתִי

### Glosses

Beerothite (4); Beerothites (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Beerothite [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/886/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/886/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.gent. always c. art. 2 S 4:2, 5, 9, 23:37 = הַבֵּרֹתִי 1 Ch 11:39; pl. הַבְּאֵרֹתִים 2 S 4:3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword without dagesh, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בְּאֵרֹתִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/886/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 23:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.23.37/)

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צֶ֖לֶק הָעַמֹּנִ֑יס נַחְרַי֙ הַבְּאֵ֣רֹתִ֔י נֹשֵׂ֕א כְּלֵ֖י יוֹאָ֥ב בֶּן־צְרֻיָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* Zelek the Ammonite Naharai the Beerothite the.bearer of.the.armor(s) of.Joab the.son of.Zeruiah

*JPS 1917:* Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armour-bearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah;

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[2 Samuel 4:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.4.3/)

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וַיִּבְרְח֥וּ הַבְּאֵרֹתִ֖ים גִּתָּ֑יְמָה וַֽיִּהְיוּ־שָׁ֣ם גָּרִ֔ים עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and they.had.fled the Beerothites to Gittaim and they.have.been there sojourning until the day (the) this

*JPS 1917:* and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have been sojourners there until this day.

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