HebrewH1279Noun (Feminine)

בִּרְיָה

bir.yah

3Occurrences
H1279Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

food

feminine from H1262 (בָּרָה);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
food

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

בִּרְיָה appears 3 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Samuel
3

Key Passages

2 Samuel 13:5BSB

Jonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare it in my sight so I may watch her and eat it from her hand.’”

2 Samuel 13:7BSB

Then David sent word to Tamar at the palace: “Please go to the house of Amnon your brother and prepare a meal for him.”

2 Samuel 13:10BSB

Then Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food into the bedroom, so that I may eat it from your hand.”Tamar took the cakes she had made and went to her brother Amnon’s bedroom.

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