Lexical Definition

‎בְּעִיר‎ bᵉʻîyr (beh-ere') cattle ^H:N-M
from ‎בָּעַר‎ (in the sense of eating)

beast, cattle.

• cattle

1) beasts, cattle

See Greek: κτῆνος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎בְּעִיר‎] noun masculine^{Exod 22:4*} beasts, cattle, collective (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic id., , Ethiopic etc., Sabean ‎בער‎ DHM^{ZMG 1876, 674; 1883, 329}; Arabic of camel; also ass, etc., compare Lane^{227 a}; connection with above √ obscure) — suffix ‎בְּעִירֹה‎ Exod 22:4*, ‎בְּעִירֵנוּ‎ Num 20:4, ‎בְּעִירְכָם‎ Gen 45:17, ‎כְּעִירָם‎ Num 20:8 + 2 t.; — beasts of burden Gen 45:17 (i.e. asses Gen 44:3; Gen 44:13); elsewhere general, cattle Exod 22:4*; Num 20:4; Num 20:8; Num 20:11; Ps 78:48

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