besora · news, reward for news

What it means

besora (בְּשׂוֹרָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “news, reward for news”.

News, especially good news; also the payment given to the one who brings it.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Report of an event, especially good; also the reward for bringing it.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Where it appears

• 2 Samuel×5
• 2 Kings×1

• 2 Samuel 4:10

  when the one who reported to me, saying, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and he was in his own eyes like one bringing good news, I seized him and killed him in Ziklag, that was how I gave him a reward for his news.

• 2 Samuel 18:20

  Joab said to him, “You are not a man of news this day; you may bring news another day, but this day you shall not bring news, because the king’s son is dead.”

• 2 Samuel 18:22

  Ahimaaz son of Zadok spoke again to Joab, “Whatever happens, please let me also run after the Cushite.” Joab said, “Why will you run, my son, when you have no news that finds reward?”

• 2 Samuel 18:25

  The watchman called out and told the king. The king said, “If he is alone, there is news in his mouth.” And he came closer and closer.

• 2 Samuel 18:27

  The watchman said, “I see that the running of the first is like the running of Ahimaaz son of Zadok.” The king said, “He is a good man, and with good news he comes.”

• 2 Kings 7:9

  They said to one another, “We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news, and we are keeping silent. If we wait until the light of morning, guilt will find us. Now come, let us go and tell the house of the king.”