בעיר

Hebrew

Root
ב־ע־ר (b-ʿ-r)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *bVʕVr-. Compare Classical Syriac ܒܥܝܪܐ (baʿīrā, “sheep, cattle”), Ugaritic 𐎛𐎁𐎗 (ỉbr, “bull”), Ge'ez ብዕር (bəʿər, “ox, horned cattle”), Amharic በሬ (bäre), Old South Arabian 𐩨𐩲𐩧 (bʿr, “cattle”), Akkadian 𒀫 (būrum, “calf”), Arabic بَعِير (baʕīr, “camel”).

Adjective

בָּעִיר • (ba'ír) (feminine בְּעִירָה, masculine plural בְּעִירִים, feminine plural בְּעִירוֹת)

1. flammable

Noun

בְּעִיר • (b'ír) m

1. (biblical, collective) domestic grazing beasts
   • Tanach, Genesis 45:17, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיֹּאמֶר פַּרְעֹה אֶל־יוֹסֵף אֱמֹר אֶל־אַחֶיךָ זֹאת עֲשׂוּ טַעֲנוּ אֶת־בְּעִירְכֶם וּלְכוּ־בֹאוּ אַרְצָה כְּנָעַן׃

     vayómer par'ó 'el-yoséf 'emór 'el-'akhékha zót 'asú ta'anú 'et-b'ir'khem ul'khu-vó'u 'ártsa k'ná'an.
     wayyṓmer parʿō ʾel-yōsēp̄ ʾĕmōr ʾel-ʾaḥéḵā zōṯ ʿăśū ṭaʿănū ʾeṯ-bəʿīrəḵem ūləḵū-ḇṓʾū ʾárṣā kənā́ʿan.

     And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: ‘Say unto thy brethren: This do ye: lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;