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Psalms 106:18
“And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
בָּעַרbâʻar · baw-ar'
H1197 · Hebrew
H1197 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish
- Derivation
- a primitive root; also as denominative from H1198 (בַּעַר)
- KJV renderings
- be brutish, bring (put, take) away, burn, (cause to) eat (up), feed, heat, kindle, set (on fire), waste.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- תִּבְעַר — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 94 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 3:2Exodus 3:3Exodus 22:4Exodus 22:4Exodus 22:5
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read בָּעַר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.