This is the 5747th most frequent Korean word.
베어
"베어" means "to cut" or "to sever" in English.
In this sentence, '베어' comes from the verb '베다', meaning 'to cut'. It's used in the context of cutting or chopping something, showing an action toward an object.
그는 나무를 도끼로 베어 넘겼다.
He chopped down the tree with an axe.
Here, '베어' represents a phonetic similarity to '곰', which means 'bear' in Korean, but primarily due to context, it can mean 'to reside' metaphorically in poetic usage.
곰은 깊은 산속에 베어 있다.
The bear resides deep in the mountain forest.
In this phrase, '베어' is metaphoric, again derived from '베다', a verb meaning 'to cut'. It symbolizes emotional or cognitive detachment or separation.