BDB2358
זָכָר
noun masculine & adjective
male (Assyrian
zikaru, zikru
, COTGloss
LyonManual, Gloss; Arabic
[untranscribed source text 1479]; Aramaic דִּכְרָא,
[untranscribed source text 1480]; Sabean רם[כ]דֿ
DHMZMG 1876, 675; relation to above √ obscure; male as
mentioned, talked of, Lane969 f.; from
assumed original sense be sharp (traces of this in Arabic: see Lane), BöProb 207
Fl in ChWBi. 422,
compare Arabic
[untranscribed source text 1481]
male organ; SchwZAW 1891, 176 ff.
(against Schwally's view see JPeritz
Woman in the Ancient Hebrew Cult, JBL xvii {1898}, 111
ff.) from
זָכַר =
call upon in worship; hence
male
as
competent to worship) — always absolute
׳
ז
Gen 1:27 +; plural
(ה)זְכָרִים
Exod 13:12 +;
see also [
זָכוּר]: —
I.
substantive male, offspring of men and animals Exod 13:12;
Exod 13:15 (plural, both
J
E
); opposed to
נְקֵבָה
Deut 4:16
specifically
1. of men:
a. in phrase אישׁ לְמִשְׁכַב זָכָר אשׁר לא יָָֽדְעָה
Judg 21:12
(
BuRS 153
DrIntr. 151), compare Judg 21:11, Num 31:17
; Num 31:18
;
Num 31:35
(all 3
P
); צַלְמֵי זָכָר
Ezek 16:17
.
b. alone = man
Jer 30:6 (
רְאוּ אִםיֹֿלֵד זָכָ֑ר || גֶּבֶר); usually collective, men, male
persons
(of all ages) Judg 21:11; 1Kgs 11:15; 1Kgs 11:16; Gen 34:25; Lev 6:11; Lev 6:22; Lev 7:6;
Lev 3:28;
Lev 3:34;
Lev 3:39;
Lev 18:10
;
Lev 26:62
;
Lev 31:7;
Lev 31:17
(all
P
); plural (ה)זכרים
2Chr 31:16
;
Ezra 8:3;
Ezra 8:4;
Ezra 8:5;
Ezra 8:6;
Ezra 8:7;
Ezra 8:8;
Ezra 8:9;
Ezra 8:10
;
Ezra 8:11
;
Ezra 8:12
;
Ezra 8:13
;
Ezra 8:14
, so
also
Josh 5:4 (||
העם כלֿ, and כלאֿנשׁי המלחמה), Josh 17:2 (gloss? compare
DrIntr. 104); especially of individual, in connection with circumcision Gen 17:10
;
Gen 17:12
;
Gen 17:14
;
Gen 17:23
;
Gen 34:15
;
Gen 34:22
;
Gen 34:24
;
Exod 12:48
(all
P
); of male child
Lev 12:2 (
P
) Isa
66:7
opposed to נְקֵבָה
Gen 1:27;
Gen 5:2; Lev 12:7
(child)
Lev 15:33
;
Lev 27:3;
Lev 27:5;
Lev 27:6;
Lev 27:7;
Num 5:3 (all
P
; compare Sabean אנתֿים פאו דֿ(כ)רם
DHMl.c.); opposed to אִשָּׁה in command
ag.
sodomy Lev
18:22
; Lev 20:13
(both
H
).
2. of animals, especially for sacrifice Exod 34:19 (
J
E
; read הַזָּכָר for
ᵑ0
תִּזָּכָר); Exod 12:5; Lev 1:3; Lev 1:10; Lev 4:23 (all
P
) Lev
22:19
(
H
), Mal
1:14
opposed to נְקֵבָה
Gen 6:19;
Gen 7:3; Gen 7:9; Gen 7:16;
Lev 3:1; Lev 3:6 (all
P
).
II.
adjective singular male (only human beings) ׳
יֻלַּדלְֿךָ בֵּן ז
Jer 20:15
׳
כָּלבְּֿכֹר ז
Num 3:40;
Num 3:43
(both
P
).
BDB9449
[דְּכַר] noun masculine
ram (
ᵑ7
דִּכְרָא, Syriac
[untranscribed source text 5979]
id., also (and primarily) male, see Biblical Hebrew
זָכָר
); — plural דִּכְּ רִין for sacrifice Ezra 6:9; Ezra 6:17; Ezra 7:17.