--- title: בֹּקֶר — morning · The Tanakh dictionary description: בֹּקֶר (1242), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 214 times: morning. BDB 1906: n.m. morning. 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Ex 10:13 morning (NH id.; from split, penetrate, as the dawn the darkness, light through cloud-rifts, etc.)—ב׳ Gn 1:5 + (always abs.); pl. בְּקָרִים Jb 7:18 + 4 times;— morning (of point of time, time at which, never during which, Eng. morning = forenoon):— of end of night (opp. לַיְלָה) Ex 10:13 (J) Lv 6:2 (P) Ju 19:25 Ru 3:13(×2) Is 21:12 cf. 1 S 19:11 (‖ מחר, opp. לילה); opp. לֵילוֹת ψ 92:3; also (opp. לוּן) Ex 23:18; 34:25 (both JE) Lv 19:13 (H) Dt 16:4; opp. צלמות Am 5:8; cf. further Gn 40:6; 41:8 (both E) Ex 12:22; 34:2(×2) (both JE) 1 S 3:15 +. implying the coming of dawn, and even daylight Gn 29:25 (E) 44:3 (J) 1 K 3:21 (but Klo here for 2nd בַּבֹּקֶר, reads לְבַקֵּר by looking at it v. בָּקַר) Jb 24:17; 38:12 (‖ שַׁחַר); לִפְנוֹת הַבּ׳ Ex 14:27 (JE) at the turn of the morning, so Ju 19:26 (‖ בַּעֲלוֹת הַשָּׁ֑חַר v 25; sq. עַד־הָאוֹר, as something later, v 26); vid. Ru 3:14 (‖ בטרו֯ם יכיר אישׁ את רעהו before men could recognise each other); cf. כּוֹכְבֵי בֹקֶר Jb 38:7 stars of morning; but also c. אוֹר 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 (‖ וְאוֹר לָכֶם). of coming of sunrise Ju 9:33 2 S 23:4(×2) 2 K 3:22 cf. מוֹצָאֵי ב׳ וערב ψ 65:9 i.e. places of sunrise and sunset (‖ קְצוֹת i.e. ends of earth). of beginning of day, מֵאָז הַבּ׳ וְעַד־עַתָּה Ru 2:7 (cf. v 14) vid. 2 S 24:15 (but del. WeDr); time of prayer, \& praise ψ 5:4(×2) (v Hu) 50:17; 88:14; 92:3; ‖ צהרים noon 1 K 18:26 Je 20:16; of three hours of prayer, ערב ובקר וצהרים ψ 55:18 (cf. Dn 6:10, 13); cf. also c. עֶרֶב infr. 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 29:39, 41 Nu 28:4, 8 (all P); especially מן־הבקר עד־הערב = all day Ex 18:13 \& (without art.) v 14 (both E); מבקר לָעֶרֶב 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 מֵאוֹת, until 2300 evening-mornings, prob. = 2300 half-days (Ew Hi Meinh Bev DrIntr. 464, cf. v 26 \& 3½ times (years) 7:25; 12:11, 17). often (above \& elsewhere) c. prep. (+ art. except Jb 7:18); in the morning, בַּבֹּקֶר Gn 19:27 + 110 times, cf. also בִּהְיֹת הַבּ׳ Ex 19:16; 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 16:21; 30:7; 36:3 Lv 6:5 (all P) 2 S 13:4 1 Ch 23:30 2 Ch 13:11 Is 28:19; 50:4 Ez 46:13, 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 21:12); v. לִבְקָרִים † Jb 7:18 (‖ לִרְגָעִים every moment; also without prep. or art. in the morning Ho 7:6 cf. ψ 5:4(×2) ψ 55:18, d. supr., \& sub 2 fig. of bright joy after night of distress (poet.) Jb 11:17; cf. ψ 30:6; 46:6 (לִפְנוֹת בּ׳) 49:15; 59:17; 90:14; 143:8. in phrases, הִשְׁכִּים בַּבּ׳ (וַיַּשְׁכֵּם etc.) he rose early in the morning †Gn 19:27; 20:8; 21:14; 22:3; 26:31; 28:18; 32:1 Ex 8:16; 9:13; 24:4; 34:4 Nu 14:40 Jos 3:1; 6:12; 7:16; 8:10 (all JE) Ju 6:28; 19:5, 8 1 S 1:19; 5:4 cf. 15:12, 17:20; 29:10(×2) cf. v 11, 2 K 3:22; 19:35 = Is 37:36, 2 Ch 20:20 Jb 1:5 Pr 27:14 Is 5:11; (ויקומו etc.) ויקם בַּבּ׳ †Gn 24:54 Nu 22:13, 21 (all JE) Ju 19:27; 20:19 2 S 24:11 1 K 3:21; אַשְׁמֹרֶת הַבּ׳ morning watch †Ex 14:24 1 S 11:11. morrow, next day (cf. Germ. Morgen, morgen) without art. Ex 16:19, 20 Lv 7:15; 22:30 (opp. הַיּוֹם הַהוּא) Nu 16:5 (‖ מָחָר v 7, 16) cf. Ex 12:10(×2) Nu 9:12; with art. Ex 16:23, 24; 29:34; לַבּ׳ Ex 34:25 Nu 22:41 Zp 3:3; בַּבּ׳ 1 S 9:19 (opp. הַיּוֹם to-day) cf. 20:35; to-morrow morning הַבּ׳ Ju 6:31 (Stu); בַּבּ׳ Ex 7:15 Jos 7:14 Est 5:14; definitely בַּבּ׳ מִמָּֽחֳרָת 1 S 5:4; מֵהַבּ׳ 2 S 2:27; adverb. use in this sense (without prep. or art.) Ex 16:7 Nu 16:5. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 173 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «בֹּקֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1242/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Lamentations 3:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.23/) חֲדָשִׁים֙ לַבְּקָרִ֔ים רַבָּ֖ה אֱמוּנָתֶֽךָ׃ *Word for word:* \[they.are\].new to the mornings \[is\].great faithfulness your *JPS 1917:* They are new every morning; great is Thy faithfulness. [Genesis 1:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.1.13/) וַֽיְהִי־עֶ֥רֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹ֖קֶר י֥וֹם שְׁלִישִֽׁי׃פ *Word for word:* and it.was evening and it.was morning a.day third *JPS 1917:* And there was evening and there was morning, a third day. - ← previous: [בָּקָר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1241.md) - next →: [בַּקָּרָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1243.md) - ↑ back to [ב](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1489-3.md)