Strong's Lexicon

H1069

H1069 — בָּכַר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewbakarverb-stemOccurrences: 4TWOT: 244

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1069
Word:	בָּכַר
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	4
Transliteration:	bakar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	baw-kar'
Meaning:	1. (properly) to burst the womb 2. (causatively) bear or make early fruit (of woman or tree) 3. (also, as denominative from H1061) to give the birthright
KJV Renderings:	make firstborn, be firstling, bring forth first child (new fruit).

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[בָּכַר] verb (Late Hebrew בְּכֵּר, Aramaic בַּכֵּר, [untranscribed source text 593]; compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 594] rise early, do anything early; [untranscribed source text 595], virgin, woman having her first child; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 596] primogenitus; Assyrian bukru , first-born, Dl^{§ 65, 5}) —

Pi`el Imperfect יְבַכֵּר Ezek 47:12 Infinitive לְבַכֵּר Deut 21:16 —

1. bear early, new fruit Ezek 47:12 .

2. make or constitute as first-born Deut 21:16 (denominative of בכיר).

Pu`al Imperfect יְבֻכַּר Lev 27:26 born or made a firstling.

Hiph`il Participle f. מַבְכִּירָה Jer 4:31 one bearing her first child.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

בכר (bah-char’)

Leviticus 27:26

KJV: Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the Lord’s firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the Lord’s.firstling of: Heb. firstborn, etc

EHCC: should be the Lord's firstling,

Jeremiah 4:31

KJV: For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.

EHCC: 09 of her that bringeth forth her first child,