King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H874
Transliteration: baar
Phonetic Spelling: (baw-ar')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to make distinct or plain
Meaning: to dig, to engrave, to explain
Word Summary
baar: to make distinct or plain
Original Word: בָּאַרTransliteration: baar
Phonetic Spelling: (baw-ar')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to make distinct or plain
Meaning: to dig, to engrave, to explain
Strong's Concordance
declare, make plainly A primitive root; to dig; by analogy, to engrave; figuratively, to explain -- declare, (make) plain(-ly).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H874. baar
[באר] verb only
Pi`el make distinct, plain (so Late Hebrew, Aramaic; LagBN 58 proposes for Qal בָּאֹר בָּאֵר,, compare derivatives below; Thes & most compare Arabic dig a pit or well, but this probably denominative see Lagl.c.) —
Pi`el Perfect3masculine singular בֵּאֵר Deuteronomy 1:5, Imperative בָּאֵר Habakkuk 2:2; Infinitive absolute בַּאֵר Deuteronomy 27:8 (compare Bö§ 393, 4) — make distinct, plain, of letters on tablets Habakkuk 2:2 בוֺ קוֺרֵא יָרוּץ לְמַעַן הַלֻּחוֺת עַלֿ וּבָאֵר חָזוֺן כְּתֹב, i.e. so that one may run past and (still) read; or, so that one may read swiftly; on stones Deuteronomy 27:8 הֵיטֵב בַּאֵר עַלֿ וְכָתַבְתָּ .... הָאֲבָנִים and thou shalt write upon the [whitewashed] stones all the words of this law, doing it plainly and well; figurative explain, expound 1:5 חַתּוֺרָה בֵּאֵר משֶׁה הוֺאִיל Moses began (and) expounded the law.