Hebrew verb · H1197
בָּעַר
baarbaw-ar'
to burn: burn; be brutish; to burn: destroy; to burn: purge
94 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: bâʻar
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1197is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 20 of 39Old Testament books
- 75spellings
- 4meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1197
to kindle, i.e. consume
The King James renders it: be brutish, bring (put, take) away, burn, (cause to) eat (up), feed, heat, kindle, set (on fire), waste.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
baar is rendered "to burn: burn; be brutish; to burn: destroy; to burn: purge". It stands 94 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty books.
- Seventeen of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists four meanings for it, beginning with "to burn: burn".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 3:2There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed.
- The Greek text spells it seventy-five different ways.
The first use
There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed.
Exodus 3:2בֹּעֵ֣ר
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in twenty of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
The word carries four meanings: to burn: burn, and be brutish, and to burn: destroy, and to burn: purge.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to burn: burnStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereExodus 3:2There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush… |
| be brutishStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| to burn: destroyStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| to burn: purgeStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- burning13
- and you will remove10
- and it burned5
- and it will burn4
- it burns3
- they burned3
- to burn3
- and I will sweep away2
- and they will kindle2
- he is stupid2
- I have removed2
- it burned2
and 42 more, 94 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 94, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
75 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥9
- בֹּעֵ֣ר4
- וַתִּבְעַר־3
- בִּעֵ֖ר2
- בָּעֲר֥וּ2
- וּבָעֲרָה֙2
- לְבָעֵ֔ר2
- נִבְעַ֤ר2
- תִבְעַר־2
- בָּעֵ֑ר1
- בֹעֵ֖ר1
- בֹּעֵ֤ר1
and 63 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- Hc/Vpq2ms10Hc/Vpq2ms
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular7HVqrmsa
- preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)6HR/Vpcc
- Hc/Vqw3fs5Hc/Vqw3fs
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular5HVqi3fs
- Hc/Vqq3fs4Hc/Vqq3fs
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural4HVqp3cp
- verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singular4HVqrfsa
- Hc/Vhw3ms3Hc/Vhw3ms
- Hc/Vpq1cs3Hc/Vpq1cs
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular3HVqi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular3HVqp3fs
Exodus
six uses
There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed.
- בֹּעֵ֣רboerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: burning
So Moses thought, “I must go over and see this marvelous sight. Why is the bush not burning up?”
- יִבְעַ֥רyivarverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: is it burning
If a man grazes his livestock in a field or vineyard and allows them to stray so that they graze in someone else’s field, he must make restitution from the best of his own field or vineyard.
- יַבְעֶר־yaver-verb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will cause to be grazed over
- וּבִעֵ֖רuvierHc/Vpq3mstagged: and it will graze
If a fire breaks out and spreads to thornbushes so that it consumes stacked or standing grain, or the whole field, the one who started the fire must make full restitution.
- הַמַּבְעִ֖רhamavirthe definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: the kindled
Do not light a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”
- תְבַעֲר֣וּtevaaruverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you must kindle
Leviticus
one use
The fire on the altar shall be kept burning; it must not be extinguished. Every morning the priest is to add wood to the fire, arrange the burnt offering on it, and burn the fat portions of the peace offerings on it.
- וּבִעֵ֨רuvierHc/Vpq3mstagged: and he will kindle
Numbers
three uses
Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.
- וַתִּבְעַר־vativar-Hc/Vqw3fstagged: and it burned
So that place was called Taberah, because the fire of the LORD had burned among them.
- בָעֲרָ֥הvaarahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it had burned
Yet Kain will be destroyed when Asshur takes you captive.”
- לְבָ֣עֵֽרlevaerpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: into consuming
Deuteronomy
sixteen uses
You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.
- בֹּעֵ֤רboerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: burning
And when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me,
- בֹּעֵ֣רboerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: burning
So I went back down the mountain while it was blazing with fire, with the two tablets of the covenant in my hands.
- בֹּעֵ֣רboerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: burning
Such a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way in which the LORD your God has commanded you to walk. So you must purge the evil from among you.
- וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥uviartaHc/Vpq2mstagged: and you will remove
The hands of the witnesses shall be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people. So you must purge the evil from among you.
- וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥uviartaHc/Vpq2mstagged: and you will remove
But the man who acts presumptuously, refusing to listen either to the priest who stands there to serve the LORD your God, or to the judge, must be put to death. You must purge the evil from Israel.
- וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥uviartaHc/Vpq2mstagged: and you will remove
You must show him no pity. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you.
- וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֧uviartaHc/Vpq2mstagged: and you will remove
you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. So you must purge the evil from among you.
- וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥uviartaHc/Vpq2mstagged: and you will remove
So you shall purge from among you the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
- תְּבַעֵ֛רtevaerverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will remove
Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.
- וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥uviartaHc/Vpq2mstagged: and you will remove
she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.
- וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥uviartaHc/Vpq2mstagged: and you will remove
If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.
- וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥uviartaHc/Vpq2mstagged: and you will remove
you must take both of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death—the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. So you must purge the evil from among you.
- וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥uviartaHc/Vpq2mstagged: and you will remove
If a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. So you must purge the evil from among you.
- וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥uviartaHc/Vpq2mstagged: and you will remove
Then you shall declare in the presence of the LORD your God, “I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all the commandments You have given me. I have not transgressed or forgotten Your commandments.
- בִּעַ֧רְתִּיbiartiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have removed
I have not eaten any of the sacred portion while in mourning, or removed any of it while unclean, or offered any of it for the dead. I have obeyed the LORD my God; I have done everything You commanded me.
- בִעַ֤רְתִּיviartiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have removed
Judges
four uses
Then he lit the torches and released the foxes into the standing grain of the Philistines, burning up the piles of grain and the standing grain, as well as the vineyards and olive groves.
- וַיַּבְעֶר־vaiyaver-Hc/Vhw3mstagged: and he kindled
- וַיַּבְעֵ֛רvaiyaverHc/Vhw3mstagged: and it burned up
When Samson arrived in Lehi, the Philistines came out shouting against him. And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him. The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and the bonds broke loose from his hands.
- בָּעֲר֣וּbaaruverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: people have burned
Hand over the wicked men of Gibeah so we can put them to death and purge Israel of this evil.” But the Benjamites refused to heed the voice of their fellow Israelites.
- וּנְבַעֲרָ֥הunevaarahconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common pluraltagged: and let us remove
2 Samuel
three uses
How much more, when wicked men kill a righteous man in his own house and on his own bed, shall I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth!”
- וּבִעַרְתִּ֥יuviartiHc/Vpq1cstagged: and I will remove
Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
- בָּעֲר֥וּbaaruverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they burned
From the brightness of His presence coals of fire blazed forth.
- בָּעֲר֖וּbaaruverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they burned
1 Kings
five uses
Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!
- וּבִֽעַרְתִּי֙uviartiHc/Vpq1cstagged: and I will sweep away
- יְבַעֵ֥רyevaerverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: someone sweeps away
So now I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat:
- מַבְעִ֛ירmavirverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: about to sweep away
This is what the LORD says: ‘I will bring calamity on you and consume your descendants; I will cut off from Ahab every male in Israel, both slave and free.
- וּבִעַרְתִּ֖יuviartiHc/Vpq1cstagged: and I will sweep away
He banished from the land the male shrine prostitutes who remained from the days of his father Asa.
- בִּעֵ֖רbierverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he destroyed
2 Kings
one use
Furthermore, Josiah removed the mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this to carry out the words of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of the LORD.
- בִּעֵ֖רbierverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he removed
2 Chronicles
four uses
the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;
- לְבַעֲרָ֧םlevaarampreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: to burn they
Every morning and every evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the rows of showbread on the ceremonially clean table, and every evening they light the lamps of the gold lampstand. We are carrying out the requirements of the LORD our God, while you have forsaken Him.
- לְבָעֵר֙levaerpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to burn
However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”
- בִעַ֤רְתָּviartaverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have removed
Moreover, Ahaz burned incense in the Valley of Hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
- וַיַּבְעֵ֤רvaiyaverHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he burned
Nehemiah
one use
We have cast lots among the priests, Levites, and people for the donation of wood by our families at the appointed times each year. They are to bring it to the house of our God to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the Law.
- לְבַעֵ֗רlevaerpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to burn
Esther
one use
Queen Vashti, however, refused to come at the king’s command brought by his eunuchs. And the king became furious, and his anger burned within him.
- בָּעֲרָ֥הbaarahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it burned
Job
one use
While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The fire of God fell from heaven. It burned and consumed the sheep and the servants, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
- וַתִּבְעַ֥רvativarHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it burned
Psalms
eight uses
Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.
- יִבְעַ֣רyivarverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it burns
Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
- בָּעֲר֥וּbaaruverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they burned
My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:
- תִבְעַר־tivar-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it burned
How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
- תִּבְעַ֥רtivarverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: will it burn
As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
- תִּבְעַר־tivar-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it burns
How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
- תִּבְעַ֖רtivarverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: will it burn
Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
- בֹּעֲרִ֣יםboarimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: O stupid
Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.
- וַתִּבְעַר־vativar-Hc/Vqw3fstagged: and it burned
Isaiah
seventeen uses
The strong man will become tinder and his work will be a spark; both will burn together, with no one to quench the flames.
- וּבָעֲר֧וּuvaaruHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will burn
The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: “You have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.
- בִּֽעַרְתֶּ֣םbiartemverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you have consumed
when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire.
- בָּעֵֽר׃baerverb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: burning
Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled.
- לְבָעֵ֔רlevaerpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: into grazing
And though a tenth remains in the land, it will be burned again. As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled, so the holy seed will be a stump in the land.”
- לְבָעֵ֑רlevaerpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: into burning
For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets which roll upward in billows of smoke.
- בָעֲרָ֤הvaarahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has burned
And the Light of Israel will become a fire, and its Holy One a flame. In a single day it will burn and devour Assyria’s thorns and thistles.
- וּבָעֲרָ֗הuvaarahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and it will burn
The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?
- נִבְעָרָ֑הnivarahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine singulartagged: foolish
Behold, the Name of the LORD comes from afar, with burning anger and dense smoke. His lips are full of fury, and His tongue is like a consuming fire.
- בֹּעֵ֣רboerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: burning
For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.
- בֹּעֲרָ֖הboarahverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: about to burn
Edom’s streams will be turned to tar, and her soil to sulfur; her land will become a blazing pitch.
- בֹּעֵרָֽה׃boerahverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: burning
Lebanon is not sufficient for fuel, nor its animals enough for a burnt offering.
- בָּעֵ֑רbaerverb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: burning
So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.
- וַתִּבְעַר־vativar-Hc/Vqw3fstagged: and it burned
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.
- תִבְעַר־tivar-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will burn
It serves as fuel for man. He takes some of it to warm himself, and he kindles a fire and bakes his bread; he even fashions it into a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.
- לְבָעֵ֔רlevaerpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to burn
Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who array yourselves with firebrands, walk in the light of your fire and of the firebrands you have lit! This is what you will receive from My hand: You will lie down in a place of torment.
- בִּֽעַרְתֶּ֔םbiartemverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you have kindled
For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing torch.
- יִבְעָֽר׃yivarverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it burns
Jeremiah
eleven uses
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”
- וּבָעֲרָה֙uvaarahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and it will burn
The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.
- מְבַעֲרִ֣יםmevaarimverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: kindling
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.
- וּבָעֲרָ֖הuvaarahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and it will burn
But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!
- יִבְעֲר֣וּyivaruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they are stupid
Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.
- נִבְעַ֤רnivarverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he is stupid
For the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.
- נִבְעֲרוּ֙nivaruverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have behaved stupidly
If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.
- בֹּעֶ֔רֶתboeretverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: burning
O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of their evil deeds.
- וּבָעֲרָה֙uvaarahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and it will burn
Since it was the ninth month, the king was sitting in his winter quarters with a fire burning before him.
- מְבֹעָֽרֶת׃mevoaretverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · feminine singulartagged: kindled
Therefore My wrath and anger poured out and burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, so that they have become the desolate ruin they are today.
- וַתִּבְעַר֙vativarHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it burned
Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.
- נִבְעַ֤רnivarverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he is stupid
Lamentations
one use
In fierce anger He has cut off every horn of Israel and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything around it.
- וַיִּבְעַ֤רvaiyivarHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he has burned
Ezekiel
seven uses
In the midst of the living creatures was the appearance of glowing coals of fire, or of torches. Fire moved back and forth between the living creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it.
- בֹּֽעֲרוֹת֙boarotverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine pluraltagged: burning
When the days of the siege have ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair inside the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind. For I will unleash a sword behind them.
- תַּבְעִיר֙tavirverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will burn
Then all people will see that I, the LORD, have kindled it; it will not be quenched.”
- בִּֽעַרְתִּ֑יהָbiartihaverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: I have kindled it
I will pour out My anger upon you; I will breathe the fire of My fury against you; I will hand you over to brutal men, skilled in destruction.
- בֹּֽעֲרִ֔יםboarimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: brutish
Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out, kindle fires, and burn up the weapons—the bucklers and shields, the bows and arrows, the clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel.
- וּבִעֲר֡וּuviaruHc/Vpq3cptagged: and they will kindle
- וּבִעֲר֥וּuviaruHc/Vpq3cptagged: and they will kindle
They will not gather wood from the countryside or cut it from the forests, for they will use the weapons for fuel. They will loot those who looted them and plunder those who plundered them, declares the Lord GOD.
- יְבַֽעֲרוּ־yevaaru-verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will kindle
Hosea
two uses
They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by a baker who needs not stoke the fire from the kneading to the rising of the dough.
- בֹּעֵ֖רָהboerahverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: burning
For they prepare their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
- בֹעֵ֖רvoerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: burning
Nahum
one use
“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will send your chariots up in smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.”
- וְהִבְעַרְתִּ֤יvehivartiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will burn
Malachi
one use
“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”
- בֹּעֵ֖רboerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: burning
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