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title: בְּכֹר — first-born · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בְּכֹר (1060), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 122 times: first-born. BDB 1906: n.m. first-born. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בְּכֹר

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«בְּכֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **first-born** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 122 times · **Key:** 1060 · **BDB:** בְּכוֹר

### Glosses

firstborn (73); the.firstborn (31); \[the\].firstborn (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

first-born [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1060/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. first-born [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1060/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. first-born—Gn 35:23 + 78 times; בְּכֹר Gn 25:13 + 14 times; sf. בְּכֹרִי Gn 49:3 + 14 times; בְּכוֹרוֹ Gn 38:6 + 3 times; pl. cstr. בְּכוֹרֵי Ne 10:37 + 2 times; בְּכוֹרֵיהֶם ψ 136:10; also בְּכֹרוֹת Gn 4:4; Ne 10:37; בְּכֹרֹת Dt 12:6, 17; 14:23;— men and women: individuals Gn 25:13 (P) 43:33; 48:18 (E) +. coll. Nu 3:46, 50; 8:16; 18:15. pl. Ne 10:37 ψ 135:8; 136:10. 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. animals: individuals Lv 27:26; Nu 18:17; Dt 15:19(×2); 33:17. coll. בכור בהמה Ex 11:5; 12:29; 13:15; Nu 3:41; 18:15; כל הבכור Dt 15:19. pl. בכרות Gn 4:4; Dt 12:6, 17; 14:23; Ne 10:37. figurative, n. of relation בכור מות first-born of death Jb 18:13 (deadly disease); בְּכוֹרֵי 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.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 45 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בְּכֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1060/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 6:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.13/)

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וּבְנֵ֧י שְׁמוּאֵ֛ל הַבְּכֹ֥ר וַשְׁנִ֖י וַאֲבִיָּֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Samuel \[was\].the firstborn Vashni and Abijah

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Samuel: the first-born Vashni; then Abiah.

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[Psalms 135:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.135.8/)

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שֶֽׁ֭הִכָּה בְּכוֹרֵ֣י מִצְרָ֑יִם מֵ֝אָדָ֗ם עַד־בְּהֵמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* who he.struck.down the.firstborn(s) of.Egypt from humankind unto animal\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* Who smote the first-born of Egypt, both of man and beast.

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