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title: בְּכֹרָה — right of first-born · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בְּכֹרָה (1062), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: right of first-born. BDB 1906: n.f. right of first-born. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בְּכֹרָה

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«בְּכֹרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **right of 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 1062 · **BDB:** בְּכֹרָה

### Glosses

birthright (7); \[is\].a.birthright (1); the.birthright (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

right of first-born [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1062/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. right of first-born [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1062/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. right of first-born Gn 25:32, 34 (J) Dt 21:17; 1 Ch 5:1, 2; sf. בְּכֹרָתִי Gn 27:36 (JE); בְּכֹרָתְךָ Gn 25:31 (J); בְּכֹרָתוֹ Gn 25:33; 43:33 (J) 1 Ch 5:1.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בְּכֹרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1062/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 25:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.25.31/)

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וַיֹּ֖אמֶר יַעֲקֹ֑ב מִכְרָ֥ה כַיּ֛וֹם אֶת־בְּכֹֽרָתְךָ֖ לִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Jacob sell as the day (et) birthright your to me

*JPS 1917:* And Jacob said: 'Sell me first thy birthright.'

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[Genesis 25:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.25.32/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר עֵשָׂ֔ו הִנֵּ֛ה אָנֹכִ֥י הוֹלֵ֖ךְ לָמ֑וּת וְלָמָּה־זֶּ֥ה לִ֖י בְּכֹרָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Esau here! I \[am\].going to die and for what? this to me \[is\].a.birthright

*JPS 1917:* And Esau said: 'Behold, I am at the point to die; and what profit shall the birthright do to me?'

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