Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Fred:

>From the dictionary:

באר to draw out (both physically as in water from a well, and figuratively,
as in drawing out a meaning, explaining) → באר well, from which water is
drawn out

Karl W. Randolph.

On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 10:05 AM, fred burlingame <tensorpath AT gmail.com>wrote:

> in בראשית כא לא , the term means "well."
>
> in דברים א ה , the same three ordered letters, vocalized in essentially the
> same manner, now means "explain."
>
> a. what is the tie that binds the two different meanings? "dig deep?" ...
> is
> there a tie that binds?
>
> b. and does "explain" imply a separate unadorned list of התורה elsewhere,
> without commentary?
>
> regards,
>
> fred burlingame