אֵבוּם בָּר crib is clean Pr 14: 4. 3. perhaps adv. נַשְּׁקוּ־בַר kiss purely , of sincere homage ψ 2:12 but cf. I . בַּר , p. 135.
• III . בַּר S 1247, 1248, 1249, 1250, 1251 TWOT 2639, 2640, 277, 288a, 288b GK 1337, 1338, 1339, 1340
n.m. grain, corn ( cf. Arabic بُرٌّ ( burrun ) wheat, grain of wheat ) , ψ 72:16 Am 5:11 ; 8:5 , 6 ; בָּר Gn 41:3 5, 49 ; 42:3 , 25 ; 45:23 ( E ) ψ 65:14 Pr 11:26 Je 23:28 Jo 2:24 .
•
I
.
בֹּר
S
1252, 1253
TWOT
288c, 288d
GK
1341, 1342
n.m.
lye, potash
, alkali used in smelting metals
Is 1:25 Jb 9:30
(see
בֹּרִית
.
Is 1:25
read prob.
כַּכֻּר
as in a furnace
(
Is 48:10
); there seems no evidence that ‘lye’ (i.e. water mixed with the burnt ashes of plants containing potash, used formerly for washing) was ever used in refining gold or silver:
cf.
J. Napier
Anc. Workers in Metal (1856), 15, 20, 25
WAW
in Smith
DB ii, 368; Amer. Rev. Ed. (1871, vol. iii), 1939
.
•
II
.
בֹּר
S
1252, 1253
TWOT
288c, 288d
GK
1341, 1342
n.m.
cleanness, pureness
:
בֹּר יָדַי
cleanness of my hands
2 S 22:21
(
=
ψ 18:21
)
ψ 18:25
(
=
בֹּרִי
my cleanness
2 S 22:2
5);
בֹּר כַּף
Jb 22:3
0.
•
בֹּרִית
S
1287
TWOT
288e
GK
1383
n.f.
lye, alkali, potash, soap
, used in washing
Je 2:22 Mal 3:
2.
•
בָּר
TWOT
288f
n.m.
field
(
Biblical Aramaic
בָּרָא
, Syriac
ܒܰܪܳܐ
(baro), Arabic
بَرٌّ
(
barrun
)
open country, land
)
—
יִרְבּוּ בַבָּר
they grow up in the open field
Jb 39:4
(Aramaic usage).
• בַּרְבֻּרִים S 1257 TWOT 288g GK 1350 n.m.pl. birds fattened for table of Solomon 1 K 5:3 ; capons K i, geese (from their pure white feathers) å Jer The s,
adv. adverb. WAW W. Aldis Wright.
DB Dictionary of the Bible, ed. J. Hastings. åÑ Targum.
Jer Jerome; also Jerusalem.