Aramaic word · H1251

בַּר

vara'

field

A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?

Appears 8 times in 7 verses of the Aramaic of the Old Testament. ·

What it means

field

Aramaic of bar (בָּר "field" H1250B)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Daniel · 8
  1. Daniel 2:38 בָּרָ֤א field the

    Wherever the sons of men or beasts of the field or birds of the air dwell, He has given them into your hand and has made you ruler over them all. You are that head of gold.

    Here: The open land outside towns and farms. 'Beast of the field' means wild animals, not livestock.

  2. Daniel 4:12 בָּרָ֗א field the

    Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit was abundant, and upon it was food for all. Under it the beasts of the field found shelter, in its branches the birds of the air nested, and from it every creature was fed.

  3. Daniel 4:15 בָרָ֑א field the

    But leave the stump with its roots in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven and graze with the beasts on the grass of the earth.

    Here: The open country outside towns and farmland, where wild animals roam. It marks the place outside human society.

  4. Daniel 4:21 בָּרָ֔א field the

    whose foliage was beautiful and whose fruit was abundant, providing food for all, under which the beasts of the field lived, and in whose branches the birds of the air nested—

  5. Daniel 4:23 בָרָ֑א בָּרָא֙ field the

    And you, O king, saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying: ‘Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump with its roots in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and graze with the beasts of the field till seven times pass him by.’

    Here: 'The field' in the sense of open, uncultivated land, the wild outside the city, as opposed to a farmed plot.

  6. Daniel 4:25 בָּרָא֩ field the

    You will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling will be with the beasts of the field. You will feed on grass like an ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.

    Here: The open, uncultivated land outside the city: the opposite of Babylon's palaces and walls.

  7. Daniel 4:32 בָּרָ֣א field the

    You will be driven away from mankind to live with the beasts of the field, and you will feed on grass like an ox. And seven times will pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.”

    Here: The open land outside cities and farms. 'Beasts of the field' means wild animals, the opposite of city life.

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