Lexical Definition

‎זָכָר‎ zâkâr (zaw-kawr') male ^H:N-M
from ‎זָכַר‎

[idiom] him, male, man(child, -kind).

• properly, remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)

n m
1) male (of humans and animals)
adj
2) male (of humans)

See Greek: ἀνήρ · ἄῤῥην · μνεία

Extended Information

• adj

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎זָכָר‎ noun masculine & adjective male (Assyrian zikaru, zikru, COT^Gloss Lyon^{Manual, Gloss}; Arabic ; Aramaic ‎דִּכְרָא‎, ; Sabean ‎רם‎[‎כ‎]‎דֿ‎ DHM^{ZMG 1876, 675}; relation to above √ obscure; male as mentioned, talked of, Lane^{969 f.}; from assumed original sense be sharp (traces of this in Arabic: see Lane), Bö^{Prob 207} Fl in ChWB^{i. 422}, compare Arabic male organ; Schw^{ZAW 1891, 176 ff.} **(against Schwally's view see JPeritz^{Woman in the Ancient Hebrew Cult, JBL xvii {1898}, 111 ff}.) from ‎זָכַר‎ = call upon in worship; hence male as competent to worship) — always absolute ‎׳‎‎ז‎ Gen 1:27 +; plural ‎(ה)זְכָרִים‎ Exod 13:12 +; see also [‎זָכוּר‎]: —

I. substantive male, offspring of men and animals Exod 13:12; Exod 13:15 (plural, both J E); opposed to ‎נְקֵבָה‎ Deut 4:16 specifically

1. of men:
a. in phrase ‎אישׁ לְמִשְׁכַב זָכָר אשׁר לא יָָֽדְעָה‎ Judg 21:12 (Bu^{RS 153} Dr^{Intr. 151}), compare vJudg 21:11, Num 31:17; Num 31:18; Num 31:35 (all 3 P); ‎צַלְמֵי זָכָר‎ Ezek 16:17.
b. alone = man Jer 30:6 (‎רְאוּ אִםיֹֿלֵד זָכָ֑ר‎ || ‎גֶּבֶר‎); usually collective, men, male persons (of all ages) Judg 21:11; 1Kgs 11:15; 1Kgs 11:16; Gen 34:25; Lev 6:11*; Lev 6:22*; Lev 7:6; Lev 3:28; Lev 3:34; Lev 3:39; Lev 18:10; Lev 26:62; Lev 31:7; Lev 31:17 (all P); plural ‎(ה)זכרים‎ 2Chr 31:16; Ezra 8:3; Ezra 8:4; Ezra 8:5; Ezra 8:6; Ezra 8:7; Ezra 8:8; Ezra 8:9; Ezra 8:10; Ezra 8:11; Ezra 8:12; Ezra 8:13; Ezra 8:14, so also Josh 5:4 (|| ‎העם כלֿ‎, and ‎כלאֿנשׁי המלחמה‎), Josh 17:2 (gloss? compare Dr^{Intr. 104}); especially of individual, in connection with circumcision Gen 17:10; Gen 17:12; Gen 17:14; Gen 17:23; Gen 34:15; Gen 34:22; Gen 34:24; Exod 12:48 (all P); of male child Lev 12:2 (P) Isa 66:7 opposed to ‎נְקֵבָה‎ Gen 1:27; Gen 5:2; Lev 12:7 (child) Lev 15:33; Lev 27:3; Lev 27:5; Lev 27:6; Lev 27:7; Num 5:3 (all P; compare Sabean ‎אנתֿים פאו דֿ(כ)רם‎ DHM^l.c.); opposed to ‎אִשָּׁה‎ in command ag. sodomy Lev 18:22; Lev 20:13 (both H).

2. of animals, especially for sacrifice Exod 34:19 (J E; read ‎הַזָּכָר‎ for ᵑ0 ‎תִּזָּכָר‎); Exod 12:5; Lev 1:3; Lev 1:10; Lev 4:23 (all P) Lev 22:19 (H), Mal 1:14 opposed to ‎נְקֵבָה‎ Gen 6:19; Gen 7:3; Gen 7:9; Gen 7:16; Lev 3:1; Lev 3:6 (all P). II. adjective singular male (only human beings) ‎׳‎‎יֻלַּדלְֿךָ בֵּן ז‎ Jer 20:15 ‎׳‎‎כָּלבְּֿכֹר ז‎ Num 3:40; Num 3:43 (both P).

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