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# בַּר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1249

**pure** — used 7 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

pure [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1249/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

בַּר³: adj. pure, clean [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1249/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** adj. pure, clean, Jb 11:4 ψ 24:4; בָּר Pr 14:4; pl. cstr. בָּרֵי ψ 73:1; f. בָּרָה ψ 19:9 Ct 6:9, 10;— pure, clear: בר לבב pure in heart ψ 24:4; ברי לבב ψ 73:1; a pure damsel Ct 6:9, 10, man Jb 11:4, commands of God ψ 19:9. clean: אֵבוּס בָּר crib is clean Pr 14:4. perhaps adv. נַשְּׁקוּ־בַר kiss purely, of sincere homage ψ 2:12 but cf. i. בַּר, p. 135.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (17 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: pure (2); \[is\] a pure \[daughter\] (1); \[is\] clean (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 19:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.19.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.19.9/#tree)

פִּקּ֘וּדֵ֤י יְהוָ֣ה יְ֭שָׁרִים מְשַׂמְּחֵי־לֵ֑ב מִצְוַ֥ת יְהוָ֥ה בָּ֝רָ֗ה מְאִירַ֥ת עֵינָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* the.precepts of.Yahweh \[are\].upright making.glad (of).\[the\].heart the.commandment of.Yahweh \[is\].pure enlightening (of).eyes

*JPS 1917:* The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

[Job 11:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.4/#tree)

וַ֭תֹּאמֶר זַ֣ךְ לִקְחִ֑י וּ֝בַ֗ר הָיִ֥יתִי בְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* and you.have.said \[is\].pure teaching my and clean I.am in eyes your

*JPS 1917:* And thou hast said: 'My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in Thine eyes.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1249.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1249/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).