בכר

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Hebrew[edit]

Root
ב־כ־ר (b-k-r)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Noun[edit]

בֶּכֶר (békherm [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. A young camel.
    • Tanach, Isaiah 60:6, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      שִׁפְעַת גְּמַלִּים תְּכַסֵּךְ בִּכְרֵי מִדְיָן וְעֵיפָה
      shif'át g'malím t'chaséch bichré midyán v'efá
      The caravan of camels shall cover thee, and of the young camels of Midian and Ephah

Proper noun[edit]

בֶּכֶר (békherm [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. a male given name, Becher
    • Tanach, Numbers 26:35, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      אֵלֶּה בְנֵי־אֶפְרַיִם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְשׁוּתֶלַח מִשְׁפַּחַת הַשֻּׁתַלְחִי לְבֶכֶר מִשְׁפַּחַת הַבַּכְרִי לְתַחַן מִשְׁפַּחַת הַתַּחֲנִי
      éle v'ne-efráyim l'mishp'chotám l'shutélach mishpáchat hashutalchí l'vécher mishpáchat habachrí l'táchan mishpáchat hatachaní
      These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the family of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.

Noun[edit]

בְּכֹר (b'khórm

  1. defective spelling of בְּכוֹר

Verb[edit]

בִּכֵּר (bikér) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of ביכר