Lexical Definition

‎בָּאַר‎ bâʼar (baw-ar') to make plain ^H:V
a primitive root

declare, (make) plain(-ly).

• to dig
• by analogy, to engrave
• figuratively, to explain

1) (Piel)
1a) to make plain, distinct
1b) to make clear
1c) to declare
1d) letters on a tablet

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎באר‎] verb only Pi`el make distinct, plain (so Late Hebrew, Aramaic; Lag^{BN 58} proposes for Qal ‎בָּאֵר‎, ‎בָּאֹר‎, compare derivatives below; Thes & most compare Arabic dig a pit or well, but this probably denominative see Lag^l.c.) —

Pi`el Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎בֵּאֵר‎ Deut 1:5, Imperative ‎בָּאֵר‎ Hab 2:2 Infinitive absolute ‎בַּאֵר‎ Deut 27:8 (compare Bö^{§ 393, 4}) — make distinct, plain, of letters on tablets Hab 2:2 ‎כְּתֹב חָזוֺן וּבָאֵר עַלֿ‎ ‎הַלֻּחוֺת לְמַעַן יָרוּץ קוֺרֵא בוֺ‎, i.e. so that one may run past and (still) read; or, so that one may read swiftly; on stones Deut 27:8 ‎וְכָתַבְתָּ עַלֿ‎ ‎בַּאֵר הֵיטֵב‎ .... ‎הָאֲבָנִים‎ and thou shalt write upon the [whitewashed] stones all the words of this law, doing it plainly and well; figurative explain, expound Deut 1:5 ‎הוֺאִיל משֶׁה בֵּאֵר חַתּוֺרָה‎ Moses began (and) expounded the law.

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