Lexical Definition

‎בָּקָר‎ bâqâr (baw-kawr') cattle ^H:N
from ‎בָּקַר‎

beeve, bull ([phrase] -ock), [phrase] calf, [phrase] cow, great (cattle), [phrase] heifer, herd, kine, ox.

• beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing)
• collectively, a herd

1) cattle, herd, oxen, ox
1a) cattle (generic pl. but sing. in form-coll)
1b) herd (particular one)
1c) head of cattle (individually)

See Greek: βοῦς · δάμαλις · κτῆνος · μόσχος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎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 Hom^{NS 222 ff.}); name from ploughing, so Thes Lag^{BN 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 vGen 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 v1Sam 11:7, 1Kgs 19:21 compare v1Kgs 19:21 (ploughing, compare v1Kgs 19:19); also 2Sam 6:6 = 1Chr 13:9 (drawing a cart, compare Num 1:7f.), 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 vJob 1:14 1000 yoke Job 42:12 further, of four Num 7:7 five Exod 21:37* (‎תַּחַת‎ ‎הַשּׁוֺר‎); seven 2Chr 29:22 (|| ‎פָּרִים‎ v2Chr 29:21); eight Num 7:8 ten 1Kgs 5:3* twelve Num 7:3 (singly called ‎שׁוֺר‎) compare vNum 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) v2Chr 4:3 (but read in both ‎פְּקָעִים‎, as || 1Kgs 7:24 compare Be Öttli) v1Kgs 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 v2Chr 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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