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בֶּתֶר

Bether · H1336 · Hebrew · proper noun · 1 occurrence

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Meanings

  1. cleft

    Meaning unsure: possibly: state in which an object looks as if it has been divided into two

    Examples

    Song of Solomon 2:17 “Until the cool of the day, when the shadows flee, Turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle Or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.”

  2. Bether

    Meaning unsure; possibly: a group of mountains with many ravines

    Examples

    Song of Solomon 2:17 “Until the cool of the day, when the shadows flee, Turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle Or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.”

How it’s used In 1 role

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 3 entries
Non-Whole002003001021
This code is inherited from the shared listing with the common noun בֶּתֶר (bether, H1335) (piece, part); it does not independently apply to the place name.
Shape002001001052
This code is likewise inherited from the shared listing with בֶּתֶר (bether, H1335) and does not independently apply to the place name.
Names of Landforms003001008
בֶּתֶר names the mountains of Bether referenced poetically in Song of Solomon 2:17, likely denoting a rugged, divided terrain feature.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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