H953. bowr

בּוֺר‎ noun masculine^{Genesis 37:20} pit, cistern, well (= בְּאֹר‎, MI בר‎, Arabic hole or hollow for cooking, Assyrian bûrtum Dl^{Pr 182}, bûru Lotz^{TP 169}) — ׳בּ‎ absolute 37:22 +; בֹּר‎ Exodus 21:33 (2 Samuel 23:20 Qr, see באר‎ above); construct בּוֺר‎ 2 Kings 10:14 + (2 Samuel 23:15-16, Qr, see באר‎ above); בֹּ֫רָה‎ (ָ ה‎ locative) Genesis 37:24; suffix בּוֺרוֺ‎ Isaiah 36:16 = בֹּרוֺ‎ 2 Kings 18:31; בּוֺרֶ֑ךָ‎ Proverbs 5:15; plural בֹּרוֺת‎ Genesis 37:20 3t.; בֹּרֹת‎ Deuteronomy 6:11: —

1 cistern, containing water, made by digging (חצב‎) Deuteronomy 6:11; 2 Chronicles 26:10; Nehemiah 9:25; also (without reference to origin) Proverbs 5:15 ("" בְּאֵר‎) Leviticus 11:36 ("" מַעִיָן‎), 1 Samuel 19:22; Isaiah 36:16 = 2 Kings 18:31.

2 later apparently well (= בְּאֵר‎) 1 Chronicles 11:17-18, +? 2 Samuel 23:15-16, (yet now no well at Bethlehem Rob^{BR i. 470, 473} compare also Survey^{iii. 28} Guérin^{Judée i. 130}), compare Ecclesiastes 12:6 & Jeremiah 6:7 Kt מֵימֶיהָ בו֯ר כְּהָקִיר‎ as a well casteth out its water (Qr בַּיִר‎); but הקיר‎ perhaps keep cool, fresh ᵑ9 ᵐ5‎ Hi Gf.

3 pit Exodus 21:33 (verb פתח‎), 21:33 (כרה‎), compare 21:34; compare figurative Psalm 7:16 of wickedness ("" שַׁחַת‎; verb חפר כרה,‎); 1 Samuel 13:6 as hiding-place; 2 Samuel 23:20 (Qr) = 1 Chronicles 11:22; 2 Kings 10:14 עֵ֫קֶד בֵּית בּוֺר‎; of pit into which Joseph was cast Genesis 37:20, 22, 24 (מ֑יִם בּוֺ אֵין רֵק וְהַבּוֺר‎) 37:28; 37:29; 37:29 (JE), compare further Jeremiah 41:7, 9; figurative of Sarah as mother of Israel בּ ׳מַקֶּבֶת‎ Isaiah 51:1; figurative of calamity Psalm 40:3 שָׁאוֺן בּוֺר‎; compare 88:7 ׳בּ תַּחְתִּיּוֺת‎.

4 dungeon (pit with no water in it Jeremiah 38:6; Zechariah 9:11 compare Genesis 37:24 above) 40:13; 41:14 (E) Isaiah 24:22; Jeremiah 38:6 (twice in verse) (׳בּ מַיִם אֵין‎) 38:7; 38:9; 38:10; 38:11; 38:13; also הַבּוֺר בֵּית‎ prison Exodus 12:29; Jeremiah 37:16; figurative of exile Zechariah 9:11 (בּוֺ מַיִם אֵין מִבּוֺר‎); compare also Lamentations 3:53, 55.

5 (in poetry & late; never with article) pit of the grave Proverbs 28:17; so ב ׳אַבְנֵי‎ stones of the pit Isaiah 14:19 (of sepulchre, walled with stones) & of Sh®°ôl Psalm 30:4 ("" שׁאול‎); ב ׳יַרְכְּתֵי‎ loins of (the) pit, i.e. remotest pit Isaiah 14:15 ("" שׁאול‎) Ezekiel 32:23 especially in phrase בוֺר יוֺרְדֵי‎ those going down to (the) pit Psalm 28:1; 143:7; Isaiah 38:18; Ezekiel 26:20; 32:25, 29, 30; also, ("" שׁאול‎), Psalm 88:5; Proverbs 1:12; further Ezekiel 26:20; 32:18, 24 (all "" תַּחְתִּיּוֺת אֶרֶץ‎), 31:14, 16 (both "" תַּחְתִּית אֶרֶץ‎; 31:14 "" also מָוֶת‎, 31:16 שְׁאוֺל‎).

הַסִּרָה בּוֺר‎ proper name, of a location 2 Samuel 3:26 (cistern of Sirah, Thes cist. declinationis, MV of the pot, see סיר‎).

עָשָׁן בּוֺר‎ (so read for ordinary ע ׳כור‎, see BD^{Gn, p. vi.} ᵑ6 ᵐ5‎)

proper name, of a location 1 Samuel 30:30 (smoking pit), in southwest of Judah; elsewhere עָשָׁן‎ q. v.

בַּיִר‎ Qr Jeremiah 6:7 see בּוֺר‎. above

I. בּוֺר‎, cistern, see below באר‎.