Lexical Definition

‎בֹּקֶר‎ bôqer (bo'-ker) morning ^H:N-M
from ‎בָּקַר‎

([phrase]) day, early, morning, morrow.

• properly, dawn (as the break of day)
• generally, morning

1) morning, break of day
1a) morning
1a1) of end of night
1a2) of coming of daylight
1a3) of coming of sunrise
1a4) of beginning of day
1a5) of bright joy after night of distress (fig.)
1b) morrow, next day, next morning

See Greek: ἡμέρα · ὄρθρος · πρωΐ · πρωϊνός · φέγγος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בֹּ֫קֶר‎₂₁₄ noun masculine^{Exod 10:13} morning (Late Hebrew id.; from split, penetrate, as the dawn the darkness, light through cloud-rifts, etc.) — ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Gen 1:5 + (always absolute); plural ‎בְּקָרִים‎ Job 7:18 + 4 t.; —

1. morning (of point of time, time at which, never during which, English morning = forenoon): —
a. of end of night (opposed to ‎לַיְלָה‎) Exod 10:13 (J) Lev 6:2* (P) Judg 19:25; Ruth 3:13 (twice in verse); Isa 21:12 compare 1Sam 19:11 (|| ‎מחר‎, opposed to ‎לילה‎); opposed to ‎לֵילוֺת‎ Ps 92:3* also (opposed to ‎לוּן‎) Exod 23:18; Exod 34:25 (both J E) Lev 19:13 (H) Deut 16:4 opposed to ‎צלמות‎ Amos 5:8 compare further Gen 40:6; Gen 41:8 (both E) Exod 12:22; Exod 34:2 (twice in verse) (both J E) 1Sam 3:15 +,
b. implying the coming of dawn, and even daylight Gen 29:25 (E) Gen 44:3 (J) 1Kgs 3:21 (but Klo here for 2nd ‎בַּבֹּקֶר‎, reads ‎לְבַקֵּר‎ by looking at it see ‎בָּקַר‎) Job 24:17; Job 38:12 (|| ‎שַׁחַר‎); ‎׳‎‎לִפְנוֺת הַבּ‎ Exod 14:27 (JE) at the turn of the morning, so Judg 19:26 (|| ‎בַּעֲלוֺת הַשָּׁ֑חַר‎ vJudg 19:25 followed by ‎עַדהָֿאוֺר‎, as something later, vJudg 19:26); see Ruth 3:14 (|| ‎בטרו֯ם יכיר אישׁ את רעהו‎ before men could recognise each other); compare ‎כּוֺכְבֵי בֹקֶר‎ Job 38:7 stars of morning; but also with ‎אוֺר‎ verb Gen 44:3 (J) ‎הבקר אור‎; with ‎אור‎ noun, ‎באור הבקר‎ Mic 2:1 & especially ‎עד אור הבקר‎ Judg 16:2 (opposed to ‎לילה‎) so 1Sam 14:36 also 1Sam 25:22; 1Sam 25:34; 1Sam 25:36; 2Sam 17:22; 2Kgs 7:9 compare 1Sam 29:10 (|| ‎וְאוֺר לָכֶם‎).
c. of coming of sunrise Judg 9:33; 2Sam 23:4 (twice in verse); 2Kgs 3:22 compare ‎וערב‎ ‎׳‎‎מוֺצָּאֵי ב‎ Ps 65:9* i.e. places of sunrise and sunset (|| ‎קְצוֺת‎ i.e. ends of earth).
d. of beginning of day, ‎וְעַדעַֿתָּה‎ ‎׳‎‎מֵאָז הַבּ‎ Ruth 2:7 (compare vRuth 2:14) see 2Sam 24:15 (but strike out We Dr); time of prayer, & praise Ps 5:4* (twice in verse) (see Hu) Ps 59:17*; Ps 88:14*; Ps 92:3* || ‎צהרים‎ noon 1Kgs 18:26; Jer 20:16 of three hours of prayer, ‎ערב ובקר וצהרים‎ Ps 55:18* (compare Dan 6:10*; Dan 6:13*); compare also with ‎עֶרֶב‎ below
e. opposed to ‎עֶרֶב‎ Gen 49:27 (poem in J) Exod 16:7; Exod 16:8; Exod 16:12; Exod 16:13; Lev 6:13*; Num 9:21 (all P) Deut 28:67 (twice in verse); 2Sam 11:14; 1Kgs 17:6; Isa 17:14; Zeph 3:3; Ezek 24:18 (twice in verse); Ezek 33:22; Dan 8:26; Ps 30:6*; Ps 90:5; Ps 90:6; Eccl 11:6; 1Chr 16:40; 2Chr 2:3*; 2Chr 13:11; 2Chr 31:3; opposed to ‎בֵּין הערבים‎ Exod 29:39; Exod 29:41; Num 28:4; Num 28:8 (all P); especially ‎מןהֿבקר עדהֿערב‎ = all day Exod 18:13 & (without article) vExod 18:14 (both E); ‎מבקר לָעֶרֶב‎ Job 4:20 = between morning and evening; also ‎מֵעֶרֶב עַדבֹּֿקֶר‎ = all night, Exod 27:21 (P) Lev 24:3 (H) Num 9:21 & ‎׳‎‎בָּעֶרֶב עַדבּֿ‎ Num 9:15 (both P); note also the formula ‎וַיְהִי ערב ויהי בקר‎ and evening came and then morning Gen 1:5; Gen 1:8; Gen 1:13; Gen 1:19; Gen 1:23; Gen 1:31 (all P), i.e. the day ended with evening, and the night with morning; peculiar is Dan 8:14 of omission of daily sacrifice ‎עַד עֶרֶב בֹּקֶר אַלְפַּיִם וּשְׁלשׁ מֵאוֺת‎, until 2300 evening-mornings, probably = 2300 half-days (Ew Hi Meinh Bev Dr^{Intr. 464}, compare vDan 8:26 & 3 1/2 times (years) Dan 7:25; Dan 12:11 12:17). feminine often (above & elsewhere) with preposition (+ article except Job 7:18); in the morning, ‎בַּבֹּקֶר‎ Gen 19:27 + 110 t., compare also ‎׳‎‎בִּהְיֹת הַבּ‎ Exod 19:16 in (or at) the morning, ‎׳‎‎לַבּ‎ Amos 4:4 + 7 t.; for (against or by) the morning, ‎׳‎‎לַבּ‎ Exod 34:2 compare Ps 130:6 (compare Che^{critical note}); nearly = until (‎עַדֿ‎) Exod 34:25; Deut 16:4; Zeph 3:3 further ‎׳‎‎בַּבּ‎ ‎׳‎‎בַּבּ‎ morning by morning, every morning Exod 16:21; Exod 30:7; Exod 36:3; Lev 6:5* (all P) 2Sam 13:4; 1Chr 23:30; 2Chr 13:11; Isa 28:19; Isa 50:4; Ezek 46:13; Ezek 46:14; Ezek 46:15; Zeph 3:5 also ‎׳‎‎לַבּ‎ ‎׳‎‎לַבּ‎, same sense, 1Chr 9:27 plural ‎לַבְּקָרִים‎ every morning afresh Ps 73:14; Isa 33:2 compare Lam 3:23 almost = continually Ps 101:8 (compare Jer 21:12); see ‎לִבְקָרִים‎ Job 7:18 (|| ‎לִרְגָעִים‎ every moment); also without preposition or article in the morning Hos 7:6 compare Ps 5:4* (twice in verse); Ps 55:18*,
d. above, & below

2. g. figurative of bright joy after night of distress (poetry) Job 11:17 compare Ps 30:6*; Ps 46:6* (‎׳‎‎לִפְנוֺת בּ‎) Ps 49:15*; Ps 59:17*; Ps 90:14; Ps 143:8.
h. in phrases, ‎׳‎‎הִשְׁכִּים בַּבּ‎ (‎וַיַּשְׁכֵּם‎ etc.) he rose early in the morning Gen 19:27; Gen 20:8; Gen 21:14; Gen 22:3; Gen 26:31; Gen 28:18; Gen 32:1*; Exod 8:16*; Exod 9:13; Exod 24:4; Exod 34:4; Num 14:40; Josh 3:1; Josh 6:12; Josh 7:16; Josh 8:10 (all J E) Judg 6:28; Judg 19:5; Judg 19:8; 1Sam 1:19; 1Sam 5:4 compare 1Sam 15:12; 1Sam 17:20; 1Sam 29:10 (twice in verse) compare v1Sam 29:11, 2Kgs 3:22; 2Kgs 19:35 = Isa 37:36; 2Chr 20:20; Job 1:5; Prov 27:14; Isa 5:11 (‎ויקומו‎ etc.) ‎ויקם‎ ‎׳‎‎בַּבּ‎ Gen 24:54; Num 22:13; Num 22:21 (all J E) Judg 19:27; Judg 20:19; 2Sam 24:11; 1Kgs 3:21 ‎׳‎‎אַשְׁמֹרֶת הַבּ‎ morning watch Exod 14:24; 1Sam 11:11.

2. morrow, next day (compare German Morgen, morgen) without article Exod 16:19; Exod 16:20; Lev 7:15; Lev 22:30 (opposed to ‎הַיּוֺם הַהוּא‎) Num 16:5 (|| ‎מָחָר‎ vNum 16:7 vNum 16:16) compare Exod 12:10 (twice in verse); Num 9:12 with article Exod 16:23; Exod 16:24; Exod 29:34 ‎׳‎‎לַבּ‎ Exod 34:25; Num 22:41; Zeph 3:3 ‎׳‎‎בַּבּ‎ 1Sam 9:19 (opposed to ‎הַיּוֺם‎ to-day) compare 1Sam 20:35 to-morrow morning ‎׳‎‎הַבּ‎ Judg 6:31 (Stu); ‎׳‎‎בַּבּ‎ Exod 7:15; Josh 7:14; Esth 5:14 definitely ‎מִמָּֽחֳרָת‎ ‎׳‎‎בַּבּ‎ 1Sam 5:4 ‎׳‎‎מֵהַבּ‎ 2Sam 2:27 adverb. use in this sense (without preposition or article) Exod 16:7; Num 16:5.

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