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title: בָּחִיר — chosen · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בָּחִיר (972), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: chosen. BDB 1906: n.m. chosen. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בָּחִיר

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«בָּחִיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **chosen** — 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:** 13 times · **Key:** 972 · **BDB:** בָּחִיר

### Glosses

ones (5); one (4); my.chosen (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

chosen [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/972/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. chosen [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/972/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. chosen, cstr. בְּחִיר 2 S 21:6 (but We Dr בְּהַר י׳); sf. בְּחִירָיו 1 Ch 16:13 ψ 105:6; 89:4; 105:43; 106:5, 23 Is 42:1; 43:20; 45:4; 65:9, 15, 22 always the chosen or elect of Yahweh.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 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 «בָּחִיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/972/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 16:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.16.13/)

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זֶ֚רַע יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל עַבְדּ֔וֹ בְּנֵ֥י יַעֲקֹ֖ב בְּחִירָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* O.offspring of.Israel servant his O.descendants of.Jacob ones his.chosen

*JPS 1917:* O ye seed of Israel His servant, ye children of Jacob, His chosen ones.

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[Psalms 105:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.105.6/)

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זֶ֭רַע אַבְרָהָ֣ם עַבְדּ֑וֹ בְּנֵ֖י יַעֲקֹ֣ב בְּחִירָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* O.offspring of.Abraham servant his O.descendants of.Jacob ones his.chosen

*JPS 1917:* O ye seed of Abraham His servant, ye children of Jacob, His chosen ones.

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