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title: בַּקָּרָה — a seeking · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בַּקָּרָה (1243), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: a seeking. BDB 1906: n.f.verbal. seeking. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בַּקָּרָה

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«בַּקָּרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a seeking** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 1243 · **BDB:** בַּקָּרָה

### Glosses

seeking (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a seeking [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1243/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f.verbal. seeking [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1243/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f.verbal. a seeking, כְּבַקָּרַת רֹעֶה עֶדְרוֹ Ez 34:12 like a shepherd’s seeking his flock.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בַּקָּרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1243/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 34:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.34.12/)

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כְּבַקָּרַת֩ רֹעֶ֨ה עֶדְר֜וֹ בְּיוֹם־הֱיוֹת֤וֹ בְתוֹךְ־צֹאנוֹ֙ נִפְרָשׁ֔וֹת כֵּ֖ן אֲבַקֵּ֣ר אֶת־צֹאנִ֑י וְהִצַּלְתִּ֣י אֶתְהֶ֗ם מִכָּל־הַמְּקוֹמֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָפֹ֣צוּ שָׁ֔ם בְּי֥וֹם עָנָ֖ן וַעֲרָפֶֽל׃

*Word for word:* like.\[the\] seeking of.a.shepherd flock his on the.day is he among flock his separated so I.will.seek (et) flock my and I.will.deliver them from all the places where they.were.scattered there on a.day of.cloud and thick.darkness

*JPS 1917:* As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are separated, so will I seek out My sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered in the day of clouds and thick darkness.

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