באר

See also: באַר, באָר, and Appendix:Variations of "bar"

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ב־א־ר (b-ʾ-r)

From Proto-Semitic *biʔr-.

Noun

בְּאֵר • (be'ér) f (plural indefinite בְּאֵרוֹת)

1. well (hole sunk into the ground)
   • Tanach, Genesis 24:20, with translation of the American Standard Version:

     וַתְּמַהֵר וַתְּעַר כַּדָּהּ אֶל־הַשֹּׁקֶת וַתָּרָץ עוֹד אֶל־הַבְּאֵר לִשְׁאֹב וַתִּשְׁאַב לְכָל־גְּמַלָּיו׃

     vat'mahér vat'ár kadáh 'el-hashoqet vatárotz 'ód 'el-hab'ér lish'óv vatish'áv l'khol-g'maláv.

     And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.

Derived terms

• בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע (b'ér shéva')

References

• H875 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Verb

בֵּאֵר • (be'ér) (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of ביאר

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun

בָּאר / בָּר • (bár) m (plural indefinite בָּארִים / בָּרִים)

1. bar, pub (place where alcohol is served)

Anagrams

• אבר, ארב, ברא

Yiddish

Noun

באר • (bar, bor)

1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of באַר (bar).
2. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of באָר (bor).