בַּבֹּקֶר , reads לְבַקֵּר by looking at it v. בָּקַר ) Jb 24:17 ; 38:12 ( ||
שַׁחַר
);
לִפְנֹות הַבּ׳
Ex 14:27
(JE)
at the turn of the morning
, so
Ju 19:26
(
||
בַּעֲלֹות הַשָּׁ˜חַר
v
2
5;
sq.
עַד־הָאֹור
, as something later,
v
2
6);
vid.
Ru 3:14
(
||
בטרו˜ם יכיר אישׁ את רעהו
before men could recognise each other
);
cf.
כֹּוכְבֵי בֹקֶר
Jb 38:7
stars of morning;
but also
c.
אֹור
vb.
Gn 44:3
(
J
)
הבקר אור
;
c.
אור
noun,
באור הבקר
Mi 2:
1; & especially
עד אור הבקר
Ju 16:2
(
opp.
לילה
) so
1 S 14:36
; also
1 S 25:22
,
34
,
36 2 S 17:22 2 K 7:
9;
cf.
1 S 29:10
(
||
וְאֹור לָכֶם
).
•
c.
of coming of sunrise
Ju 9:33 2 S 23:4
(×2) 2 K 3:22
cf.
מֹוצָאֵי ב׳ וערב
ψ 65:9
i.e. places of sunrise and sunset (
||
קְצֹות
i.e.
ends
of earth).
d.
of beginning of day,
מֵאָז הַבּ׳ וְעַד־עַתָּה
Ru 2:7
(
cf.
v
14
)
vid.
2 S 24:15
(but
del. WeD
r); time of prayer, & praise
ψ 5:4
(×2) (
v
Hu)
50:17 ; 88:14 ; 92:3 ; || צהרים noon 1 K 18:26 Je 20:1 6; of three hours of prayer, ערב ובקר וצהרים ψ 55:18 ( cf. Dn 6:1 0, 13 ); cf. also c. עֶרֶב infr. e. opp. עֶרֶב Gn 49:27 (poem in J ) Ex 16:7 , 8 , 12 , 13 Lv 6:13 Nu 9:21 (all P ) Dt 28:67 (×2) 2 S 11:14 1 K 17:6 Is 17:14 Zp 3:3 Ez 24:18 (×2); 33:22 Dn 8:26 ψ 30:6 ;
90:5
,
6 Ec 11:6 1 Ch 16:40 2 Ch 2:
3;
13:11
;
31:3 Ezr 3:3 Est 2:14
opp.
בֵּין הערבים
Ex 29:3
9,
41 Nu 28:
4,
8
(all
P
); especially
מן־הבקר עד־הערב
=
all day
Ex 18:13
& (without art.)
v
14
(both
E
);
מבקר לָעֶרֶבּ
Jb 4:20
=
between morning and evening; also
מֵעֶרֶב עַד־בֹּקֶר
=
all night
,
Ex 27:21
(
P
)
Lv 24:3
(
H
)
Nu 9:21
&
בָּעֶרֶב עַד־בּ׳
Nu 9:15
(both
P
); note also the formula
וַיְהִי ערב ויהי בקר
and evening came and then morning
Gn 1:
5,
8
,
13
,
19
,
23
,
31
(all
P
), i.e. the day ended with evening, and the night with morning; peculiar is
Dn 8:14
of om. of daily sacrif.
עַד עֶרֶב בֹּקֶר אַלְפַּיִם וּשְׁלשׁ מֵאֹות
,
until
2300
evening-mornings
, prob.
=
2300 half-days (
Ew Hi Meinh Bev Dr
Intr. 464,
cf.
v
26
& 31/2 times (years)
7:25
;
12:11
,
17
).
f.
often (above & elsewhere)
c.
prep. (
+
art. except
Jb 7:18
);
in the morning
,
בַּבֹּקֶר
Gn 19:27
+
110 times,
cf.
also
בִּהְיֹת הַבּ׳
Ex 19:1
6;
in
(or
at
)
the morning
,
לַבּ׳
Am 4:4
+
7 times;
for
(
against
or
by
)
the morning
,
לַבּ׳
Ex 34:2
cf.
ψ 130:6
(
cf.
Che
crit.
n.
); nearly
=
until
(
עַד־
)
Ex 34:25 Dt 16:4 Zp 3:
3; further
בַּבּ׳ בַּבּ׳
morning by morning, every morning
•
Ex 16:2
1;
30:7
;
36:3 Lv 6:5
(all
P
)
2 S 13:4 1 Ch 23:30 2 Ch 13:11 Is 28:1
9;
50:4 Ez 46:1
3,
14
,
15 Zp 3:5
also
לַבּ׳ לַבּ׳
, same sense,
•
1 Ch 9:27
;
•pl.
לַבְּקָרִים
every
m.
afresh
ψ 73:14
Is 33:2
cf.
La 3:23
; alm.
=
continually
ψ 101:8
(
cf.
Je 21:1
2);
v.
לִבְקָרִים
•
Jb 7:18
(
||
לִרְגָעִים
every moment
; also without prep. or art.
in the morning
Ho 7:6
cf.
ψ
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