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title: בְּחוּרֹות — youth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בְּחוּרֹות (979), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: youth. BDB 1906: n.f.abstr.pl. youth. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בְּחוּרֹות

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«בְּחוּרֹות» in the Tanakh dictionary: **youth** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 979 · **BDB:** בְּחוּרִים

### Glosses

your.youth(s) (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

youth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/979/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f.abstr.pl. youth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/979/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f.abstr.pl. youth, pl. sf. בְּחֻרָיו Nu 11:28 (J; Onk 𝔖 Ges De Di; בחיריו 𝔊 Sam 𝔙 Lu Ke); בְּחוּרוֹתֶיךָ Ec 11:9, בְּחוּרֹתֶיךָ Ec 12:1.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: another 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 «בְּחוּרֹות» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/979/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ecclesiastes 12:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.12.1/)

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וּזְכֹר֙ אֶת־בּ֣וֹרְאֶ֔יךָ בִּימֵ֖י בְּחוּרֹתֶ֑יךָ עַ֣ד אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹא־יָבֹ֙אוּ֙ יְמֵ֣י הָֽרָעָ֔ה וְהִגִּ֣יעוּ שָׁנִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֹּאמַ֔ר אֵֽין־לִ֥י בָהֶ֖ם חֵֽפֶץ׃

*Word for word:* and remember (et) your creator(s) in the.days your.youth(s) your until that not they.will.come the.days of.(the) evil and they.will.arrive years which you.will.say there.\[is\].not for me in them pleasure

*JPS 1917:* Remember then thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say: 'I have no pleasure in them';

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[Ecclesiastes 11:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.11.9/)

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שְׂמַ֧ח בָּח֣וּר בְּיַלְדוּתֶ֗יךָ וִֽיטִֽיבְךָ֤ לִבְּךָ֙ בִּימֵ֣י בְחוּרוֹתֶ֔ךָ וְהַלֵּךְ֙ בְּדַרְכֵ֣י לִבְּךָ֔ וּבְמַרְאֵ֖י עֵינֶ֑יךָ וְדָ֕ע כִּ֧י עַל־כָּל־אֵ֛לֶּה יְבִֽיאֲךָ֥ הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃

*Word for word:* take.pleasure O.young.man in youth(s) your and let it.make.you.good heart your in the.days your.youth(s) your and walk in the.ways your.heart your and in the.sight your.eyes your and know (dm).that on all these.\[things\] he will.bring.you (the) God in (the) judgment

*JPS 1917:* Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

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