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bōr בּוֹרApit, Bwell’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from būr בּוּר ‘to explain’ ( in the sense of bōʾr בֹּאר ‘cistern’ )
Roots: בור בואר
Variants: בּוֹר, בּוֹר

bōr n, m
A1) pit, well, cistern, dungeon, pit of the grave
B1) cistern of Sirah

Mentioned in Genesis 37:22, 37:20, 37:24, 37:29, 37:28, 41:14, 40:15 Exodus 21:33, 12:29, 21:34 Codex Leviticus 11:36 Deuteronomy 6:11 1 Samuel 19:22, 13:6 2 Samuel 3:26, 23:20 2 Kings 10:14, 18:31 Isaiah 14:19, 36:16, 14:15, 38:18, 51:1, 24:22 Jeremiah 38:9, 38:11, 38:6, 38:7, 38:10, 41:7, 41:9, 37:16, 38:13, 6:7 Ezekiel 32:18, 31:14, 32:29, 26:20, 32:24, 31:16, 32:23, 32:25, 32:30 Zephaniah 2:9 Zechariah 9:11 Psalms 88:5, 28:1, 143:7, 40:3, 7:16, 88:7 Proverbs 28:17, 5:15, 1:12 Lamentations 3:53, 3:55 Ecclesiastes 12:6 Nehemiah 9:25 1 Chronicles 11:18, 11:17, 11:22 2 Chronicles 26:10

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