בְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִי
Bᵉʼêr la-Chay Rôʼîy · be-ayr' lakh-ah'ee ro-ee'
Beer-Lachai-Roi, a place in the Desert
Lexicon
Derivation: from H875 (בְּאֵר) and H2416 (חַי) (with prefix) and H7203 (רֹאֶה); well of a living (One) my Seer;
Beer-Lachai-Roi, a place in the Desert
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Beer-lahai-roi.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › strength, the leader › the head, the highest › authority, the one who leads › to separate and protect › the hand that works › the head, the highest › strength, the leader › the hand that works
The house, what is within of strength, the leader of the head, the highest of authority, the one who leads that works to separate and protect of the hand that works of the head, the highest of strength, the leader of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִי above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- beerlahairoi1 · 33%
- of the well lahairoi1 · 33%
- the well lahairoi1 · 33%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.