בֶּתֶרBether

part, piece

Pronunciation: beh'-ther · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1336

Meanings

1. always of halves of animals cut in two in making covenants (Genesis 15:10; Jeremiah 34:18; Jeremiah 34:19)

2. mountains of cutting, i.e. cleft mountains (Song of Solomon 2:17)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 1 times in the Bible.

  • Song of Solomon 2:17 Before the dawn breezes blow and the night shadows flee, return to me, my love, like a gazelle or a young stag on the rugged mountains.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).