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H1197 בָּעַר (bâʻar) baw-ar'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

a primitive root; to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); also (as denominative from 1198) to be(-come) brutish

KJV Usage: be brutish, bring (put, take) away, burn, (cause to) eat (up), feed, heat, kindle, set ((on fire)), waste

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

בָּעַר (ba.ar) — to burn: burn. : burn/ignite 1) to burn, consume, kindle, be kindled 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to begin to burn, be kindled, start burning 1a2) to burn, be burning 1a3) to burn, consume 1a4) Jehovah's wrath, human wrath (fig.) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to kindle, burn 1b2) to consume, remove (of guilt) (fig.) 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to kindle 1c2) to burn up 1c3) to consume (destroy) 1d) (Pual) to burn

בָּעַר (ba.ar) — be brutish. v denom 1) to be stupid, brutish, barbarous 1a) (Qal) to be stupid, dull-hearted, unreceptive 1b) (Niphal) to be stupid, dull-hearted 1c) (Piel) to feed, graze 1d) (Hiphil) to cause to be grazed over

בָּעַר (ba.ar) — to burn: destroy. : destroy 1) to burn, consume, kindle, be kindled 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to begin to burn, be kindled, start burning 1a2) to burn, be burning 1a3) to burn, consume 1a4) Jehovah's wrath, human wrath (fig.) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to kindle, burn 1b2) to consume, remove (of guilt) (fig.) 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to kindle 1c2) to burn up 1c3) to consume (destroy) 1d) (Pual) to burn

בָּעַר (ba.ar) — to burn: purge. : purge/remove 1) to burn, consume, kindle, be kindled 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to begin to burn, be kindled, start burning 1a2) to burn, be burning 1a3) to burn, consume 1a4) Jehovah's wrath, human wrath (fig.) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to kindle, burn 1b2) to consume, remove (of guilt) (fig.) 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to kindle 1c2) to burn up 1c3) to consume (destroy) 1d) (Pual) to burn

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · בְּעֵרָה

Burn | verb qal, verb pi | ≈ אכל

to burn = process by which someone or something is harmed or destroyed by fire

EXO 3:2 · EXO 3:3 · EXO 22:4 · NUM 11:1 · NUM 11:3 · DEU 4:11 · DEU 5:23 · DEU 9:15 · JDG 15:14 · 2SA 22:9 · 2SA 22:13 · JOB 1:16 · PSA 18:9 · PSA 39:4 · PSA 106:18 · ISA 1:31 · ISA 10:17 · ISA 30:33 · ISA 34:9 · ISA 43:2 · ISA 62:1 · JER 20:9 · EZK 1:13

Burn | verb qal

to burn = state in which an object such as an oven contains fire

HOS 7:4 · MAL 3:19

Burn | verb pi, verb hif

Collocation: בער אֵשׁ · בער בְּעֵרָה

to kindle (fire), to light (a fire) action by which someone produces fire

EXO 22:5 · EXO 35:3 · JDG 15:5 · JER 7:18 · EZK 39:9 · EZK 39:10

Burn | verb pi, verb hif, verb qal | ≈ אכל | ≠ כבה

to burn, to consume = action by which someone causes something else to be harmed or destroyed by fire

EXO 22:4 · LEV 6:5 · JDG 15:5 · 2CH 28:3 · NEH 10:35 · PSA 83:15 · ISA 40:16 · ISA 44:15 · ISA 50:11 · EZK 5:2 · EZK 21:4 · EZK 39:9 · NAM 2:14

Burn | verb pi

to light (a lamp) = action by which someone causes a lamp to burn by setting fire to its wick

2CH 4:20 · 2CH 13:11

Burn | verb pu'al

to light (a brazier or firepot) = action by which someone causes a brazier or firepot to produce heat by setting fire to the wood in it

JER 36:22

Happen | verb qal | ≈ יצת | ≠ כבה

to burn > to rage literally: to burn; hence: = process by which events such as evil and anger happen with intensity and with consequences, as if it were fire

EST 1:12 · PSA 2:12 · PSA 79:5 · PSA 89:47 · ISA 9:17 · ISA 30:27 · ISA 42:25 · JER 4:4 · JER 7:20 · JER 21:12 · JER 44:6 · LAM 2:3 · HOS 7:6

Non-Exist | verb pi, verb hif

to sweep away, to put away, to get rid of, to do away with, to remove, to clear out, to purge, to destroy = action by which someone makes sure that a certain object is no longer found anywhere at all, ◄ as if it were completely consumed by fire

NUM 24:22 · DEU 26:13 · DEU 26:14 · 2SA 4:11 · 1KI 14:10 · 1KI 14:10 · 1KI 16:3 · 1KI 21:21 · 1KI 22:47 · 2KI 23:24 · 2CH 19:3 · ISA 4:4

End | verb pi

to sweep away, to remove, to banish, to purge = action by which someone makes sure that a certain event no longer takes place anywhere at all

DEU 13:6 · DEU 17:7 · DEU 17:12 · DEU 19:13 · DEU 19:19 · DEU 21:9 · DEU 21:21 · DEU 22:21 · DEU 22:22 · DEU 22:24 · DEU 24:7 · JDG 20:13

Non-Exist | verb pi

to plunder, to strip = action by which someone removes things from a certain location with violence

ISA 3:14 · ISA 5:5 · ISA 6:13

verb · בְּעִיר · בַּעַר

Foolish | verb qal, verb nif | ≈ אֱוִיל · כְּסִיל · כסל | ≠ דַּעַת

to be dull, to be stupid, to be coarse, to be brutish = state in which someone lacks intelligence, refinement and culture

PSA 94:8 · ISA 19:11 · JER 10:8 · JER 10:14 · JER 10:21 · JER 51:17 · EZK 21:36

1 EXO 22:4 REB | LXX RSV NIV NJPS NJB NRSV GNT CEV "to graze" 2 EXO 22:4 REB | LXX RSV NRSV NJPS NJB NRSV GNT CEV "to cause to graze"

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[בָּעַר] vb. burn, consume Qal burn

Pi. kindle

burn

fig. consume, utterly remove

Pu. burn (i.e. be supplied with fire), of fire-jar

Hiph. kindle

burn up

base

[בָּעַר] vb. denom. be brutish Qal be stupid, dull-hearted, unreceptive

Niph. brutish, stupid

Pi. feed, graze

Hiph. cause to be grazed over

base

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