BDB1293
בֹּ֫קֶר214
noun masculine
Exod 10:13
morning (Late Hebrew id.; from split, penetrate, as
the dawn the darkness, light through cloud-rifts, etc.) — ׳
ב
Gen 1:5 + (always
absolute); plural בְּקָרִים
Job 7:18 + 4 t.; —
1.
morning (of point of time, time at which, never during which, English
morning
= forenoon): —
a. of end of night (opposed to לַיְלָה) Exod 10:13 (
J
) Lev 6:2 (
P
) Judg
19:25; Ruth
3:13 (twice in verse); Isa 21:12 compare 1Sam 19:11 (|| מחר, opposed to
לילה); opposed to לֵילוֺת
Ps 92:3 also
(opposed to לוּן) Exod 23:18; Exod 34:25 (both
J
E
) Lev
19:13 (
H
) Deut 16:4
opposed to צלמות
Amos 5:8 compare
further Gen 40:6
; Gen 41:8 (both
E
) Exod
12:22; Exod
34:2 (twice in verse) (both
J
E
) 1Sam 3:15
+,
b. implying the coming of dawn, and even daylight Gen 29:25 (
E
) Gen 44:3
(
J
) 1Kgs
3:21 (but Klo here for 2nd בַּבֹּקֶר, reads
לְבַקֵּר
by looking at it see
בָּקַר
) Job
24:17; Job 38:12 (|| שַׁחַר); ׳
לִפְנוֺת הַבּ
Exod 14:27
(
J
E
) at the turn of the morning, so Judg 19:26 (|| בַּעֲלוֺת הַשָּׁ֑חַר
Judg
19:25 followed by עַדהָֿאוֺר, as something later, Judg 19:26); see Ruth 3:14 (||
בטרו֯ם יכיר אישׁ את רעהו
before men could recognise each other); compare כּוֺכְבֵי בֹקֶר
Job 38:7
stars of morning; but also with אוֺר verb Gen 44:3 (
J
) הבקר אור; with אור noun, באור הבקר
Mic 2:1 &
especially עד אור הבקר
Judg 16:2
(opposed to לילה) so 1Sam 14:36 also 1Sam 25:22; 1Sam 25:34; 1Sam 25:36; 2Sam 17:22; 2Kgs 7:9 compare 1Sam 29:10
(|| וְאוֺר לָכֶם).
c. of coming of sunrise Judg 9:33; 2Sam 23:4 (twice in verse); 2Kgs 3:22
compare וערב
׳
מוֺצָּאֵי ב
Ps 65:9 i.e.
places of sunrise and sunset (|| קְצוֺת i.e. ends of earth).
d. of beginning of day, וְעַדעַֿתָּה
׳
מֵאָז הַבּ
Ruth 2:7 (compare v
Ruth 2:14) see
2Sam 24:15
(but strike out We
Dr); time of prayer, & praise Ps 5:4 (twice in verse) (see Hu) Ps 59:17;
Ps 88:14;
Ps 92:3 ||
צהרים
noon
1Kgs 18:26
; Jer
20:16 of three hours of prayer, ערב ובקר וצהרים
Ps 55:18
(compare Dan 6:10
; Dan 6:13
); compare also with עֶרֶב below
e. opposed to עֶרֶב
Gen 49:27
(poem in
J
) Exod 16:7
; Exod 16:8
; Exod
16:12;
Exod 16:13;
Lev 6:13;
Num 9:21 (all
P
) Deut
28:67 (twice in verse); 2Sam 11:14; 1Kgs 17:6; Isa 17:14; Zeph 3:3; Ezek 24:18 (twice in verse); Ezek 33:22
; Dan 8:26;
Ps 30:6; Ps 90:5; Ps 90:6; Eccl 11:6;
1Chr 16:40
; 2Chr 2:3;
2Chr 13:11
; 2Chr 31:3
;
opposed to בֵּין הערבים
Exod 29:39;
Exod 29:41;
Num 28:4; Num 28:8 (all
P
); especially מןהֿבקר עדהֿערב = all day
Exod 18:13
& (without article) Exod 18:14 (both
E
); מבקר לָעֶרֶב
Job 4:20 =
between morning and evening; also מֵעֶרֶב עַדבֹּֿקֶר = all night, Exod 27:21 (
P
) Lev 24:3
(
H
) Num 9:21
& ׳
בָּעֶרֶב עַדבּֿ
Num 9:15 (both
P
); note also the formula וַיְהִי ערב ויהי בקר
and evening came and then morning
Gen 1:5; Gen 1:8; Gen 1:13; Gen 1:19; Gen 1:23; Gen 1:31 (all
P
), i.e. the day ended with evening, and the night with morning; peculiar is Dan 8:14 of omission of daily
sacrifice עַד עֶרֶב בֹּקֶר אַלְפַּיִם וּשְׁלשׁ מֵאוֺת, until 2300
evening-mornings, probably = 2300 half-days (Ew
Hi
Meinh
Bev
DrIntr. 464, compare Dan 8:26 & 3 1/2 times (years) Dan 7:25; Dan 12:11
12:17).
f. often (above & elsewhere) with preposition (+ article except Job 7:18);
in the
morning, בַּבֹּקֶר
Gen 19:27
+
110 t., compare also ׳
בִּהְיֹת הַבּ
Exod 19:16
in (or at) the morning, ׳
לַבּ
Amos 4:4 + 7
t.;
for (against or by) the
morning
, ׳
לַבּ
Exod 34:2
compare Ps
130:6
(compare Checritical note); nearly =
until
(עַדֿ) Exod 34:25; Deut 16:4; Zeph 3:3 further ׳
בַּבּ
׳
בַּבּ
morning by morning, every morning
Exod 16:21
;
Exod 30:7;
Exod 36:3;
Lev 6:5 (all
P
) 2Sam
13:4; 1Chr 23:30; 2Chr 13:11; Isa 28:19; Isa 50:4; Ezek 46:13; Ezek 46:14
;
Ezek 46:15
; Zeph 3:5
also
׳
לַבּ
׳
לַבּ, same sense, 1Chr 9:27 plural לַבְּקָרִים
every morning afresh Ps 73:14; Isa 33:2 compare Lam 3:23 almost = continually
Ps 101:8
(compare Jer
21:12); see לִבְקָרִים
Job 7:18
(||
לִרְגָעִים
every moment); also without preposition or article in the morning
Hos 7:6
compare
Ps 5:4 (twice
in
verse); Ps
55:18
, d. above, & below
2.
g. figurative of bright joy after night of distress (poetry) Job 11:17 compare Ps 30:6;
Ps 46:6 (
׳
לִפְנוֺת בּ) Ps 49:15; Ps 59:17; Ps 90:14; Ps 143:8.
h. in phrases,
׳
הִשְׁכִּים בַּבּ (וַיַּשְׁכֵּם etc.) he rose early in the
morning
Gen 19:27
;
Gen 20:8;
Gen 21:14
;
Gen 22:3;
Gen 26:31
;
Gen 28:18
;
Gen 32:1;
Exod 8:16;
Exod 9:13;
Exod 24:4;
Exod 34:4;
Num 14:40
;
Josh 3:1; Josh 6:12;
Josh 7:16;
Josh 8:10
(all
J
E
) Judg
6:28
; Judg 19:5
;
Judg 19:8;
1Sam 1:19;
1Sam 5:4
compare
1Sam 15:12
;
1Sam 17:20
;
1Sam 29:10
(twice in verse) compare 1Sam 29:11, 2Kgs 3:22; 2Kgs 19:35 = Isa 37:36; 2Chr 20:20; Job 1:5; Prov 27:14
; Isa 5:11
(
ויקומו etc.) ויקם
׳
בַּבּ
Gen 24:54
;
Num 22:13
;
Num 22:21
(all
J
E
)
Judg
19:27
; Judg
20:19
;
2Sam
24:11
; 1Kgs
3:21
׳
אַשְׁמֹרֶת הַבּ
morning watch
Exod 14:24
;
1Sam 11:11
.
2.
morrow, next day (compare German Morgen, morgen) without article Exod 16:19
;
Exod 16:20
;
Lev 7:15;
Lev 22:30
(opposed to הַיּוֺם הַהוּא) Num 16:5 (|| מָחָר Num 16:7 Num 16:16) compare Exod 12:10
(twice in verse);
Num 9:12 with
article Exod
16:23;
Exod 16:24; Exod 29:34
׳
לַבּ
Exod 34:25
;
Num 22:41
;
Zeph 3:3
׳
בַּבּ
1Sam 9:19
(opposed to הַיּוֺם
to-day) compare 1Sam 20:35
to-morrow morning
׳
הַבּ
Judg 6:31 (
Stu); ׳
בַּבּ
Exod 7:15;
Josh 7:14;
Esth 5:14
definitely מִמָּֽחֳרָת
׳
בַּבּ
1Sam 5:4
׳
מֵהַבּ
2Sam 2:27
adverb. use in this sense (without preposition or article) Exod 16:7; Num 16:5.