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title: בָּחוּר — young man · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בָּחוּר (970), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 44 times: young man. BDB 1906: n.m. young man. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בָּחוּר

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«בָּחוּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **young man** — 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:** 44 times · **Key:** 970 · **BDB:** בָּחוּר

### Glosses

men (15); young.men (9); young.man (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

young man [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/970/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. young man [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/970/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. young man Is 62:5 + 7 times; pl. בַּחוּרִים (intensive with dag. f. implic.) Pr 20:29 + 13 times; cstr. בַּחוּרֵי Ez 23:6 + 4 times; sf. בַּחוּרַי etc. La 1:18 + 16 times;—young man (choice, in the prime of manhood) 1 S 9:2 Ec 11:9 Is 62:5; coll. young men Je 15:8; בָּחוּר וּבְתוּלָה young men and virgins Dt 32:25 2 Ch 36:17 Je 51:22 Ez 9:6; usually pl. Ju 14:10 Ru 3:10 1 S 8:16 2 K 8:12 2 Ch 36:17 Pr 20:29 Is 9:17; 31:8; 40:30 Je 6:11; 9:20; 11:22; 18:21; 48:15; 49:26; 50:30; 51:3 La 1:15; 5:13, 14 Ez 33:6, 12, 23; 30:17 Jo 3:1 Am 2:11; 4:10; ‖ בתולות ψ 78:63; 148:12 Is 23:4 Je 31:13 La 1:18; 2:21 Am 8:13 Zc 9:17.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 39 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בָּחוּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/970/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 148:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.148.12/)

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בַּחוּרִ֥ים וְגַם־בְּתוּל֑וֹת זְ֝קֵנִ֗ים עִם־נְעָרִֽים׃

*Word for word:* O.young.men and also young.women O.old.\[people\] with youths

*JPS 1917:* Both young men and maidens, old men and children;

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[Proverbs 20:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.20.29/)

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תִּפְאֶ֣רֶת בַּחוּרִ֣ים כֹּחָ֑ם וַהֲדַ֖ר זְקֵנִ֣ים שֵׂיבָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].glory of.young.men strength \[is\].their and.\[the\] splendor of.old.\[people\] \[is\].gray.hair

*JPS 1917:* The glory of young men is their strength; and the beauty of old men is the hoary head.

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