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title: בָּר — field · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בָּר (lemma:בָּר), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: field. BDB 1906: n.m. field. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בָּר

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«בָּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **field** — 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:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:בָּר · **BDB:** בָּר

### Glosses

open (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

field [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b8_5bc_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. field [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b8_5bc_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. field (Biblical Aramaic בָּרָא, Syriac ܒܰܪܳܐ, Arabic بَرٌّ open country, land)—יִרְבּוּ בַבָּר they grow up in the open field Jb 39:4 (Aramaic usage).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (17 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בָּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b8_5bc_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 39:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.39.4/)

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יַחְלְמ֣וּ בְ֭נֵיהֶם יִרְבּ֣וּ בַבָּ֑ר יָ֝צְא֗וּ וְלֹא־שָׁ֥בוּ לָֽמוֹ׃

*Word for word:* they.become.strong young their they.grow in the open they.go.forth and not they.return to them

*JPS 1917:* Their young ones wax strong, they grow up in the open field; they go forth, and return not again.

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