H1241. baqar

בָּקָר‎₁₈₂ noun masculine^{1 Kings 5:3} + (feminine^{Genesis 33:16; Job 1:14} compare Deuteronomy 32:14 2 Samuel 17:29) cattle, herd, ox (Arabic , Aramaic בַּקְרְתָא בַּקְרָא,‎, (compare also Hom^{NS 222 ff.}); name from ploughing, so Thes Lag^{BN 51} and others) — absolute ׳בּ‎ Genesis 12:16 +; construct בְּקַר‎ Numbers 7:88; suffix בְּקָֽרְךָ‎ Genesis 45:10 +; בְּקָרֶ֑ךָ‎ Exodus 20:24; Jeremiah 5:17; בְּקָרוֺ‎ 1 Samuel 11:7; 2 Samuel 12:4; בְּקַרְכֶם‎ Deuteronomy 12:6; בְּקָרָם‎ Jeremiah 3:24 +; plural בְּקָרִים‎ Amos 6:12 (al. read ים בקר‎) 2 Chronicles 4:3 (but read מְּקָעִים‎ see "" 1 Kings 7:24 below); suffix בְּקָרֵינוּ‎ Nehemiah 10:37; read בקריכם‎ for בחוריכם‎ 1 Samuel 8:16 ᵐ5‎ We Dr; —

1 mostly coll.

a. cattle, Generic (never plural in form) Genesis 12:6; 13:5; 20:14; 21:27; 24:35; Leviticus 1:2; Deuteronomy 8:13; 1 Samuel 11:5; Hosea 5:6; Joel 1:18; 1 Chronicles 27:29 (twice in verse) + often (frequently "" צאֹן‎); as grazing, 27:29 +; in simile ׳כַּבּ‎ Job 40:15; Isaiah 11:7; 65:25; as lowing (הַבּ ׳קוֺל‎) 1 Samuel 15:14; בָקָר מִקְנֵה‎possession of (i.e. property in) cattle Genesis 6:14; 47:17 (both J); ב ׳עֶדְרֵי‎ 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 Genesis 18:7 compare 18:8 (J); — in these probably = calf (see also 1 Samuel 14:32 בָקָר וּבְנֵי בָּקָר‎); usually for sacrifice (Hexateuch only P) Numbers 15:8-9, ׳בֶּןהַֿבּ‎ Leviticus 1:5; appositive עֵגֶל‎ 9:2; — compare בָּקָר עֶגְלַת‎ Deuteronomy 21:3; 1 Samuel 16:2; Isaiah 7:21; — mostly appositive מַּר‎ Exodus 29:1 27t.; also plural בקר בני מָּרִים‎ Numbers 28:11, 19, 27; 29:13, 17 (on all these compare בֵּן‎); also indefinite cattle, oxen, of a number not specified 7:87-88, (in both enumerated as מָּרִים‎); 22:40; 1 Samuel 14:32; 15:21; 1 Kings 1:9; 7:29 (twice in verse) (here of graven work) 8:5; 1 Chronicles 12:40; 2 Chronicles 5:6; 18:2; Isaiah 22:13; Psalm 66:15; also as beasts of burden 1 Chronicles 12:40.

b. a particulur herd of cattle Genesis 18:7 (J); compare plural בְּקָרֵינוּ‎, our herds, only Nehemiah 10:37.

2 more individually, head of cattle, — yet always of more than one (Hexateuch mostly P; plural only Amos 6:12 2 Chronicles 4:3 see above); of two Numbers 7:17 11t. Numbers 7; compare also ב ׳צֶמֶד‎ yoke (pair) of oxen 1 Samuel 11:7 compare 11:7, 1 Kings 19:21 compare 19:21 (ploughing, compare 19:19); also 2 Samuel 6:6 = 1 Chronicles 13:9 (drawing a cart, compare Numbers 7:3f.; 1 Samuel 6:7f.), 2 Samuel 24:22 = 1 Chronicles 21:33, 24:22, 24; 1 Kings 19:20; Amos 6:12 (plural); 500 yoke of oxen Job 1:3 compare 1:14; 1000yoke 42:12; further, of four Numbers 7:7; five Exodus 21:37 (הַשּׁוֺר תַּחַת‎); seven 2 Chronicles 29:22 ("" מָּרִים‎ 29:21); eight Numbers 7:8; ten 1 Kings 5:3; twelve Numbers 7:3 (singly called שׁוֺר‎) compare 7:6; of the twelve brazen bulls beneath the sea in Solomon's temple 1 Kings 7:25, 44 2 Chronicles 4:4, 15 compare 2 Kings 16:17; 2 Chronicles 4:3 (בְּקָרִים דְּמוּת‎) 4:3 (but read in both מְּקָעִים‎, as "" 1 Kings 7:24 compare Be Öttli) 7:4; Jeremiah 52:20; of twenty 1 Kings 5:3; seventy 2 Chronicles 29:32; hundreds or thousands 1 Kings 8:63 2 Chronicles 7:5; 15:11; 29:33; 35:7-8, 9 (compare 35:12), & Numbers 31:33, 38, 44 . Note בָּקָר חֶמְאַת‎ Deuteronomy 32:14 (poem), ב ׳שְׁפוֺת‎ 2 Samuel 17:29, הַבּ ׳כְּלִי‎ 24:22; 1 Kings 19:21, ׳הַבּ מַלְמַד‎ Judges 3:31, הַבּ ׳צְפִו֯עֵי‎ Ezekiel 4:15 (opposed to הָאָדָם גֶּלֲלֵי‎).