( v. D i), Ju 11:22 ; in its upper course it runs S. to N., hence (W.) border of Ammon, Dt 3:16 ( cf. 2:3 7), Jos 12:2 ; mod. Wady Zerqa Bd Pal. 181.
•[בָּקַר
S
1239
TWOT
274
GK
1329
]
vb.
inquire, seek
(NH
id.
, Aramaic
בְּקַר,
ܒܩܰܪ
(
bqar
); also Ethiopic
˜˜˜
(
baqqala
) in deriv.; orig.
divide, discern
,
cf.
Arabic
بَقَرَ
(
baqara
)
slit, rip, split
)
—only
Pi.
Pf.
1 s.
sf.
וּבִקַּרְתִּים
consec.
Ez 34:11
;
Impf.
יְבַקֵּר
Lv 13:3
6;
27:33
,
אֲבַקֵּר
Ez 34:1
2;
Inf. cstr.
לְבַקֵּר
2 K 16:15
+
2 times;—
seek, look for
,
sq.
לְ
Lv 13:3
6;
seek
(to distinguish)
sq.
בֵּין־טֹוב לָרַע
Lv. 27:3
3;
seek
(in order to care for)
sq. acc.
צֹאן
Ez 34:11
(
||
דרשׁ
)
v
1
2,
fig.
of
י׳
seeking his people;
contemplate
,
sq.
בְּ
ψ 27:4
(
||
חָזָה בְּ
);
consider, reflect
,
abs.
Pr 20:25
אַחַר נְדָרִים
i.e. whether the vows were wise, or should be kept (
cf.
Str
ad loc. & reff.);
cf.
perhaps
2 K 16:15
consider
(what shall be done with the old altar);
look at
Kl
o, (so
לְבַקֵּר
1 K 3:21
for 2nd
בַּבֹּקֶר
),
AV RV
to inquire by
,
ã
for praying;
perhaps denoting some religious service to be performed by king himself,
cf.
especially
RS
Sem i.467.
בָּקָר
S
1241
TWOT
274a
GK
1330182
n.m.
1 K 5:3
+
(
f.
Gn 33:1
3;
Jb 1:14
cf.
Dt 32:14 2 S 17:2
9)
cattle, herd, ox
(
Arabic
بَقَرَ
(
baqara
), Aramaic
בַּקְרָא
,
בַּקְרְתָא
,
ܒܰܩܪܳܐ
(
baqro
) (
cf.
also
Hom
NS 222 ff.); name from
ploughing
, so
Thes Lag
BN 51 al.
)
—
abs.
בּ׳
Gn 12:16
+;
cstr.
בְּקַר
Nu 7:8
8;
sf.
בְּקָֽרְךָ
Gn 45:10
+;
בְּקָרֶךָ˜
Ex 20:24 Je 5:1
7;
בְּקָרֹו
1 S 11:7 2 S 12:
4;
בְּקַרְכֶם
Dt 12:
6;
בְּקָרָם
Je 3:24
+;
pl.
בְּקָרִים
Am 6:12
(
al.
read
בקר ים
)
2 Ch 4:3
(but read
פְּקָעִים
v. ||
1 K 7:24
infr
.);
sf.
בְּקָרֵינוּ
Ne 10:37
; read
בקריכם
for
בחוריכם
1 S 8:16
Ö
We D
r;—
1.
mostly
coll.
a.
cattle
, generic (never
pl.
in form)
Gn 12:16
;
13:5
;
20:14
;
21:27
;
24:35 Lv 1:2 Dt 8:13 1 S 11:5 Ho 5:6 Jo 1:18 1 Ch 27:29
(×2) +
often (frequently
||
צֹאן
); as grazing,
1 Ch 27:29
+; in
sim.
כַּבּ׳
Jb 40:15 Is 11:
7;
65:25
; as lowing (
קֹול הַבּ׳
)
1 S 15:14
;
מִקְנֵה בָקָר
possession of
(i.e. property in) cattle
Gn 6:14
;
47:17
(both
J
);
עֶדְרֵי ב׳
Jo 1:18
herds of cattle;
especially
בֶּן־בָּקָר
son of cattle
(i.e.
belonging to the
בקר
), to denote a single ox, calf, etc.; as used for food
Gn 18:7
cf.
v
8
(
J
)—in these prob.
=
calf
(
v
also
1 S 14:32
בָּקָר וּבְנֵי בָקָר
);
Str H. L. Strack. AV Authorized Version. RV Revised Version. Hom F. Hommel, Namen der Säugethiere . Lag P. de Lagarde, Bildung d. Nomina .