בָּקָר182 noun masculine[1Kgs 5:3] + (feminine[Gen 33:16]; [Job 1:14] compare [Deut 32:14]; [2Sam 17:29]) cattle, herd, ox (Arabic , Aramaic בַּקְרָא, בַּקְרְתָא, (compare also HomNS 222 ff.); name from ploughing, so Thes LagBN 51 and others) — absolute ׳בּ [Gen 12:16] +; construct בְּקַר [Num 7:88] suffix בְּקָֽרְךָ [Gen 45:10] +; בְּקָרֶ֑ךָ [Exod 20:24]; [Jer 5:17] בְּקָרוֺ [1Sam 11:7]; [2Sam 12:4] בְּקַרְכֶם [Deut 12:6] בְּקָרָם [Jer 3:24] +; plural בְּקָרִים [Amos 6:12] (al. read בקר ים) [2Chr 4:3] (but read פְּקָעִים see || [1Kgs 7:24] below); suffix בְּקָרֵינוּ [Neh 10:37] read בקריכם for בחוריכם [1Sam 8:16] ᵐ5 We Dr; —
1. mostly coll.
\ \ a. cattle, generic (never plural in form) [Gen 12:6]; [Gen 13:5]; [Gen 20:14]; [Gen 21:27]; [Gen 24:35]; [Lev 1:2]; [Deut 8:13]; [1Sam 11:5]; [Hos 5:6]; [Joel 1:18]; [1Chr 27:29] (twice in verse) + often (frequently || צאֹן); as grazing, [1Chr 27:29] +; in simile ׳כַּבּ [Job 40:15]; [Isa 11:7]; [Isa 65:25] as lowing (׳קוֺל הַבּ) [1Sam 15:14] מִקְנֵה בָקָרpossession of (i.e. property in) cattle [Gen 6:14]; [Gen 47:17] (both J); ׳עֶדְרֵי ב [Joel 1:18] herds of cattle; especially בֶּןבָּֿקָר son of cattle (i.e. belonging to the בקר), to denote a single ox, calf, etc.; as used for food [Gen 18:7] compare v[Gen 18:8] (J); — in these probably = calf (see also [1Sam 14:32] בָּקָר וּבְנֵי בָקָר); usually for sacrifice (Hexateuch only P) [Num 15:8]; [Num 15:9] ׳בֶּןהַֿבּ [Lev 1:5] appositive עֵגֶל [Lev 9:2] — compare עֶגְלַת בָּקָר [Deut 21:3]; [1Sam 16:2]; [Isa 7:21] — mostly appositive פַּר [Exod 29:1] + 27 t.; also plural פָּרִים בני בקר [Num 28:11]; [Num 28:19]; [Num 28:27]; [Num 29:13]; [Num 29:17] (on all these compare בֵּן); also indefinite cattle, oxen, of a number not specified [Num 7:87]; [Num 7:88] (in both enumerated as פָּרִים); [Num 22:40]; [1Sam 14:32]; [1Sam 15:21]; [1Kgs 1:9]; [1Kgs 7:29] (twice in verse) (here of graven work) [1Kgs 8:5]; [1Chr 12:40]; [2Chr 5:6]; [2Chr 18:2]; [Isa 22:13]; [Ps 66:15] also as beasts of burden [1Chr 12:40].
\ \ b. a particulur herd of cattle [Gen 18:7] (J); compare plural בְּקָרֵינוּ, our herds, only [Neh 10:37].
2. more individually, head of cattle, — yet always of more than one (Hexateuch mostly P; plural only [Amos 6:12] + [2Chr 4:3] see above); of two [Num 7:17] + 11 t. [Num 7] compare also ׳צֶמֶד ב yoke (pair) of oxen [1Sam 11:7] compare v[1Sam 11:7], [1Kgs 19:21] compare v[1Kgs 19:21] (ploughing, compare v[1Kgs 19:19]); also [2Sam 6:6] = [1Chr 13:9] (drawing a cart, compare [Num 1:7]f.), [2Sam 24:22] = [1Chr 21:33], [2Sam 24:22]; [2Sam 24:24]; [1Kgs 19:20]; [Amos 6:12] (plural); 500 yoke of oxen [Job 1:3] compare v[Job 1:14] 1000 yoke [Job 42:12] further, of four [Num 7:7] five [Exod 21:37] (תַּחַת הַשּׁוֺר); seven [2Chr 29:22] (|| פָּרִים v[2Chr 29:21]); eight [Num 7:8] ten [1Kgs 5:3] twelve [Num 7:3] (singly called שׁוֺר) compare v[Num 7:6] of the twelve brazen bulls beneath the sea in Solomon's temple [1Kgs 7:25]; [1Kgs 7:44] = [2Chr 4:4]; [2Chr 4:15] compare [2Kgs 16:17]; [2Chr 4:3] (דְּמוּת בְּקָרִים) v[2Chr 4:3] (but read in both פְּקָעִים, as || [1Kgs 7:24] compare Be Öttli) v[1Kgs 7:4]; [Jer 52:20] of twenty [1Kgs 5:3] seventy [2Chr 29:32] hundreds or thousands [1Kgs 8:63] = [2Chr 7:5]; [2Chr 15:11]; [2Chr 29:33]; [2Chr 35:7]; [2Chr 35:8]; [2Chr 35:9] (compare v[2Chr 35:12]), & [Num 31:33]; [Num 31:38]; [Num 31:44] . Note חֶמְאַת בָּקָר [Deut 32:14] (poem), ׳שְׁפוֺת ב [2Sam 17:29], ׳כְּלִי הַבּ [2Sam 24:22]; [1Kgs 19:21], מַלְמַד ׳הַבּ [Judg 3:31], ׳צְפִו֯עֵי הַבּ [Ezek 4:15] (opposed to גֶּלֲלֵי הָאָדָם).
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