בחור
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Hebrew[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Root |
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ב־ח־ר (b-kh-r) |
From בחר (“chose, select”), hence literally "chosen" or "selected".
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /baˈχuʁ/
- (Mizrahi Hebrew) IPA(key): /baˈħur/
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈbɔχər/
Audio: (file)
Noun[edit]
בָּחוּר • (bakhúr) m (plural indefinite בַּחוּרִים, feminine counterpart בַּחוּרָה)
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) guy, boy
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) youth (countable), young man
- (Jewish law) a young man over 13 who is required to perform mitzvoth but has never married
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Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
See also[edit]
- ילד (yéled)
Further reading[edit]
H970 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Anagrams[edit]
Yiddish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
בחור • (bokher) m, plural בחורים (bokherem)
Synonyms[edit]
- (young man): יונגער־מאַן (yunger-man)
Derived terms[edit]
- בחורווײַז (bokhervayz)
- ישיבֿה־בחור (yeshive-bokher)
Descendants[edit]
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- Yiddish terms derived from Hebrew
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