Stu & We Bleek’s Einl. ed. 4, 183, Comp. Hex. 1889, 215 ; but perhaps read ביתאל instead of בכים in v 1, cf. We Bu RS 20.
•[בָּכַר
S
1069
TWOT
244
GK
1144
]
vb.
(NH
בְּכֵּר
, Aramaic
בַּכֵּר,
ܒܰܟܰܪ
(
bakar
);
cf.
Arabic
بَكَرَ
(
bakara
)
rise early, do anything early;
بِكْرٌ
(
bikrun
),
virgin, woman having her first child;
Ethiopic
˜˜˜
(
bakʷr
)
primogenitus;
Assyrian
bukru
,
first-born
,
Dl
§ 65, 5)
—
Pi.
impf.
יְבַכֵּר
Ez 47:1
2;
Inf.
לִבַכֵּר
Dt 21:16
;—
1.
bear early, new fruit
Ez 47:1
2.
2.
make
or
constitute as first-born
Dt 21:16
(den. of
בכור
).
Pu.
Impf.
יְבֻכַּר
Lv 27:26
born
or
made a firstling
.
Hiph.
Pt. f.
מַבְכִּירָה
Je 4:31
one bearing her first child
.
בְּכֹור S 1060 TWOT 244a GK 1147122 n.m. first-born — Gn 35:23 + 78 times;
בְּכֹר Gn 25:13 + 14 times; sf. בְּכֹרִי Gn 49:3 + 14 times; בְּכֹורֹו Gn 38:6 + 3 times; pl. cstr. בְּכֹורֵי Ne 10:37 + 2 times; בְּכֹורֵיהֶם ψ 136:10 ; also בְּכֹרֹות Gn 4:4 Ne 10:3 7; בְּכֹרֹת Dt 12: 6, 17 ; 14:23 ;— 1. men and women: a. individuals Gn 25:13 ( P ) 43:33 ; 48:18 ( E ) + . b. coll. Nu 3:4 6, 50 ; 8:16 ; 18:15 . c. pl. Ne 10:37 ψ 135:8 ; 136:10 . d. כל בכור Ex 11: 5; 12:12 , 29 ; 13:2 , 13 , 15 (×2); 22:28 ; 34:2 Nu 3:12 (×3), 13 , 40 , 42 , 43 , 45 ; 8:17 (×2), 18 ; 33:4 ψ 78:51 ;
105
;
36
.
2.
animals:
a.
individuals
Lv 27:26 Nu 18:17 Dt 15:19
(×2);
33:17
.
b.
coll.
בכור בהמה
Ex 11:
5;
12:29
;
13:15 Nu 3:4
1;
18:15
;
כל הבכור
Dt 15:1
9.
c.
pl.
בכרות
Gn 4:4 Dt 12:
6,
17
;
14:23 Ne 10:3
7.
3.
figurative
,
n.
of relation
בכור מות
first-born of death
Jb 18:13
(deadly disease);
בְּכֹורֵי דַלִּים
first-born of the poor
(the poorest)
Is 14:30
; Israel is the first-born of Yahweh among the nations
Ex 4:22
cf.
Je 31:
9; and the seed of David among dynasties
ψ 89:28
.
• בֶּ˜כֶר S 1071 GK 1146 n.pr.m. ( young camel , Arabic بَكْرٌ (bakrun), Assyrian bakru Asrb. Annals ix. 65 ) — 1. son of Ephraim Nu. 26:35 = בֶּרֶד 1 Ch 7:20 . 2. son of Benjamin Gn 46:21 1 Ch 7: 6, 8 ( בָּ˜כֶר ).
Stu
G. Studer.
We
J. Wellhousen,
Bleeks Einleitung in d. A.T.
;
Comp. Hex.
J. Wellhousen,
Composition des Hexateuches
;
Dl
Freidrich Delitzsch, Assyrian Grammer;
coll.
collective.
Asrb. Assurbanipal.