בער

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ber"

Aramaic

Verb

בער • (transliteration needed)

  1. (intransitive) burn

Hebrew

Root
ב־ע־ר (b-ʿ-r)

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

בָּעַר • (ba'ár) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. (intransitive) to burn

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

Verb

ביער / בִּעֵר • (bi'ér) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of ביער

Noun

בַּעַר • (bá'ar) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. fool, stupid person
    • Tanach, Psalms 73:22, with translation of the Darby Bible:
      וַאֲנִי בַעַר וְלֹא אֵדָע
      vaaní váar v'lo edá
      Then I was brutish and knew nothing
    • Tanach, Proverbs 12:1, with translation of the English Standard Version:
      אֹהֵב מוּסָר אֹהֵב דָּעַת וְשׂוֹנֵא תוֹכַחַת בָּעַר
      ohév musár ohév dáat v'soné tocháchat báar
      Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

Derived terms

Proper noun

בְּעֹר • (b'or) m

  1. a male given name, Beor
    • Tanach, Numbers 24:3, with translation of the King James Version:
      וַיִּשָּׂא מְשָׁלוֹ וַיֹּאמַר נְאֻם בִּלְעָם בְּנוֹ בְעֹר וּנְאֻם הַגֶּבֶר שְׁתֻם הָעָיִן
      vayisá m'shaló vayomár n'um bil'ám b'no v'or un'úm hagéver sh'tum haáyin
      And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said

Anagrams

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German bër, from Old High German bero. Compare German Bär.

Pronunciation

  • (Litvish) IPA(key): [bɛʁ]
  • (Poylish) IPA(key): [bɛɪ̯ʁ]

Noun

בער • (ber) m, plural בערן (bern), diminutive בערל (berl) or בערעלע (berele)

  1. bear

Derived terms

Proper noun

בער • (ber) m

  1. a male given name, often together with Hebrew equivalent דוב (dov), i.e. דובֿ־בער (dov-ber)
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