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title: בָּכַר — give the birthright · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בָּכַר (1069), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: give the birthright. BDB 1906: vb. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בָּכַר

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«בָּכַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **give the birthright** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 1069 · **BDB:** בָּכַר

### Glosses

a.\[woman\].bearing.a.first.child (1); it.will.be.belong.as.a.firstling (1); it.will.bear.first-fruits (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

give the birthright [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1069/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1069/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. (NH בְּכֵּר, Aramaic בַּכֵּר, ܒܰܟܰܪ; cf. Arabic بَكَرَ rise early, do anything early; بِكْرٌ, virgin, woman having her first child; Ethiopic በኵር primogenitus; Assyrian bukru, first-born, Dl§ 65, 5)— Impf. יְבַכֵּר Ez 47:12; Inf. לְבַכֵּר Dt 21:16;— bear early, new fruit Ez 47:12. make or constitute as first-born Dt 21:16 (den. of בכור). Impf. יְבֻכַּר Lv 27:26 born or made a firstling. Pt. f. מַבְכִּירָה Je 4:31 one bearing her first child.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בָּכַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1069/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 27:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.27.26/)

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אַךְ־בְּכ֞וֹר אֲשֶׁר־יְבֻכַּ֤ר לַֽיהוָה֙ בִּבְהֵמָ֔ה לֹֽא־יַקְדִּ֥ישׁ אִ֖ישׁ אֹת֑וֹ אִם־שׁ֣וֹר אִם־שֶׂ֔ה לַֽיהוָ֖ה הֽוּא׃

*Word for word:* nevertheless a.firstborn which it.will.be.belong.as.a.firstling to Yahweh among livestock not he.will.set.apart.as.holy anyone it whether an.ox or a.sheep \[belongs\].to Yahweh it

*JPS 1917:* Howbeit the firstling among beasts, which is born as a firstling to the LORD, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox or sheep, it is the LORD'S.

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[Jeremiah 4:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.4.31/)

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כִּי֩ ק֨וֹל כְּחוֹלָ֜ה שָׁמַ֗עְתִּי צָרָה֙ כְּמַבְכִּירָ֔ה ק֧וֹל בַּת־צִיּ֛וֹן תִּתְיַפֵּ֖חַ תְּפָרֵ֣שׂ כַּפֶּ֑יהָ אֽוֹי־נָ֣א לִ֔י כִּֽי־עָיְפָ֥ה נַפְשִׁ֖י לְהֹרְגִֽים׃פ

*Word for word:* (dm) a.sound like a.sick.\[woman\] I.have.heard distress like a.\[woman\].bearing.a.first.child the.sound of.the.daughter of.Zion she.is.gasping.for.breath she.is.spreading.out palms her woe! please to me (dm) it.is.weary self my to murderers

*JPS 1917:* For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that gaspeth for breath, that spreadeth her hands: 'Woe is me, now! for my soul fainteth before the murderers.'

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