ב – Bet – Biblical Hebrew Study Dictionary

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באר    BAR      pit / well                                       

ב = with + אור = light


באש    BASh    stink / be odious                                   

ב = with + אש = fire


בגד     BGD     act treacherously / covering / garment                                        

‘tent… move away… path through’


בד      BD      separate / alone / pole  

‘tent… door’

– describes the function of a door.

בדד  BDD    alone


בדל    BDL     piece / separate 

for ‘piece’:

בד  = separate + ל  = far reaching

– describes a piece removed from something.

 

for ‘separate:

‘tent… door… extending’

– referring to a closed door’s function ‘to separate’

 


בדלח     BDLCh   bdellium  

unknown

* This word might actually mean: separating wall

בד = separate + ל = far reaching  + ח = wall

also:  ‘tent… door… extending… separate’


בדק    BDQ       damage                                      

בד = separate + ק = enduring


בהו    BHW      yet inhabited / empty / void

‘tent… shall be… add to’


בהל     BHL      hasten / frighten / dismay           

‘tent… be… far reaching’


בהמה   BHMH      animal                         

בהל = frighten + מ = physical + ה = be


בהן     BHN      big toe / thumb                                     

‘with… be… ahead’


בהר   BHR      bright                                          

ב = with + הר = mountain

– perhaps describing gold.

בהרת  BHRTh    bright spot


בוא      BWA      come in

‘tent… add to… source’

– refers to how tents become occupied.

מבוא  MBWA    entrance           

תבואה  ThBWAH    produce / harvest


בוז     BWZ     disrespect / despise                       

בוס = trample  + ז = result


בול     BWL      overflow                                              

‘tent… add… extending’

or:  בוא = come in + ל = extending


בוס     BWS      trample                                      

בוא = come in + ס = divisions

– ‘divisions’ often refers to physical damage.


בוש     BWSh      ashamed                                            

בול = overflow + ש = fill

or:  ‘tent… add… fill’.

בשת  BShTh    shame


בור    BWR     pit / well

ב = with + אור = light


בזה    BZH     plunder / despise / disdain

‘tent… result… be’


בחן     BChN     examine / test / try                    

‘tent… separate… ahead’


בחר     BChR     with other / choose          

‘tent… separate… man’

– pertaining to what originally belonged to someone else’s ‘tent’.


בטח   BTCh     to trust

‘devotion… hidden… separate’

מבטח  MBTCh    confidence


בטן     BTN      womb / belly

‘tent… hidden… emerging’

– conveys the idea that babies live in a hidden tent (womb) until born (emerging).


בין     BYN     space between / an interval / understand

‘tent… bring forth … ahead’

– perhaps the difference between now and then.

תבונה  ThBWNH    understanding


בית    BYTh     house

‘devotion… bring… together’


בכה    BKH     weep                                            

ב= devotion + כה = announce

בכי  BKY    weeping


בכר      BKR     birthright / first born

‘tent… carry… man’

– perhaps refers to who carries on the family ‘tent’.

בכרים  BKRYM    first fruit 


בלבת    BLBTh      in the midst of / flame

ב = with + לב = heart + ת = together


בלה    BLH     wear out / failure / except / alarm

‘with… extending… be’

– the natural result of wear and tear due to time or use.

בלהה  BLHH    terror    


בליעל    BLYOL     worthless / wickedness                       

בלה = failure + יעל = profit


בלל     BLL     flow / anoint / mix / give feed             

‘tent… extending… far reaching’

– the idea of a ‘tent’ was sometimes used to represent a container.


בלע      BLO     swallow                                       

בלל = give feed + ע = seen


בלעדי      BLODY     without             

בלה = failure + עד = up to + י = bring forth


בלתי   BLThY     except                                   

בלה = failure + ת = together + י = bring


במה      BMH     high place

‘devotion… physical… be’


בן        BN     son

‘tent… ahead’

בנות   BNWTh     daughters


בנה      BNH     build

‘tent… ahead… shall be’

תבנית  ThBNYTh    pattern / form


בנימן     BNYMN       Benjamin  (son of Jacob / tribe of Israel)

בן = son + ימן = right (hand)


בעד     BOD     behind / about  / on behalf                    

ב = with + עד = up to


בעל      BOL     master / marry 

ב = devotion + על = above


בער     BOR     burn / kindle / remove / purge 

ב = with + יער = wood


בעת     BOTh     startle / frighten                                  

ב = with + עת = time

– a matter of something sudden that startles.

also:  ‘with… seen… together’


בצע     BTsO     cut off / gain by violence                     

בצר = clip off + ע = seen


בצר   BTsR     inaccessible / clip off                            

for ‘inaccessible:

ב  = with + צור  = cliff/shelter

 

for ‘clip off:

ב  = devotion + יצר  = fashion / form

בצור  BTsWR    inaccessible / unassailable

מבצר  MBTsR    fortress

 


בקע     BQO     break open / split

ב = tent + רקע = spread

בקעה  BQOH    valley / plain


בקר      BQR      dawn / morning / cattle / seek   

בקע = split + ר = body

– perhaps a reference to the sun appearing as half on the horizon.


בקש     BQSh      seek

‘devotion…venerated… fill’


בר       BR     son            (*Aramaic)


ברא   BRA     create                                           

ב = devotion + ראה = see

or:  ב = with + ראה = see


ברד     BRD     hail                                                        

ב = with + ירד = descend


ברה   BRH     to select                                      

‘devotion…  man…  be’

בירה  BYRH     fortress / capital


ברזל     BRZL      iron                           

ברא  = create + ז = result + ל = extending

– perhaps refers to a blacksmith hammering to flatten metal.


ברח    BRCh      flee                                            

‘tent… man… separate’


בריא  BRYA      fat                                            

‘with… body… bring… first’


בריח   BRYCh     bar                                

‘tent… body… make… separate’

– perhaps refers to actual tent poles.


ברית    BRYTh     covenant

‘devotion… man… bring… together’


ברך      BRK     bless / reservoir (where camels kneel)

forbless’:

‘devotion… body… carry’

 

forreservoir (where camels kneel)’:

ב   = with + דרך  = road

ברכה  BRKH    pool

 


ברק      BRQ      lightning                                             

ב  = with + רקע = spread

or:  ‘with… body… venerated (God)’


ברר      BRR     purify / purge                             

‘devotion… body… man’

or:  ברך = bless + ר = body


ברוש     BRWSh      evergreen tree                    

‘tent… body… add … doubles’

– this wood was used to make instruments – and perhaps identical tent poles.  This word is usually translated as cypress or fir.


בשל     BShL     boil                                            

‘with… doubles… extending’


בשם     BShM     spice                                         

‘with… fill… physical’

– as in, with fragrance.


בשר     BShR     flesh / bear news    

‘with… fill… body’


בת       BTh      daughter / bath

‘tent… together’


בתולה    BThWLH    virgin      

בת = tent + ו = add to + ל = far reaching + ה = be

– perhaps refers marrying off one’s daughter to someone distant.

בתל  BThL    virgin


 

 

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