בָּקָר

H1241. baqar
בָּקָר182 noun masculine1Ki 5:3 + (feminineGen 33:16; Job 1:14 compare Deu 32:14 2Sa 17:29) cattle, herd, ox (Arabic , Aramaic בַּקְרְתָא בַּקְרָא,, (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 Exo 20:24; Jer 5:17; בְּקָרוֺ 1Sa 11:7; 2Sa 12:4; בְּקַרְכֶם Deu 12:6; בְּקָרָם Jer 3:24 +; plural בְּקָרִים Amo 6:12 (al. read ים בקר) 2Ch 4:3 (but read מְּקָעִים see || 1Ki 7:24 below); suffix בְּקָרֵינוּ Neh 10:37; read בקריכם for בחוריכם 1Sa 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; Deu 8:13; 1Sa 11:5; Hos 5:6; Joe 1:18; 1Ch 27:29 (twice in verse) + often (frequently || צאֹן); as grazing, 1Ch 27:29 +; in simile ׳כַּבּ Job 40:15; Isa 11:7; Isa 65:25; as lowing (הַבּ ׳קוֺל) 1Sa 15:14; בָקָר מִקְנֵהpossession of (i.e. property in) cattle Gen 6:14; Gen 47:17 (both J); ב ׳עֶדְרֵי Joe 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 Gen 18:8 (J); — in these probably = calf (see also 1Sa 14:32 בָקָר וּבְנֵי בָּקָר); usually for sacrifice (Hexateuch only P) Num 15:8-9, ׳בֶּןהַֿבּ Lev 1:5; appositive עֵגֶל Lev 9:2; — compare בָּקָר עֶגְלַת Deu 21:3; 1Sa 16:2; Isa 7:21; — mostly appositive מַּר Exo 29:1 Exo 29:27t.; also plural בקר בני מָּרִים 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 7:87-88, (in both enumerated as מָּרִים); Num 22:40; 1Sa 14:32; 1Sa 15:21; 1Ki 1:9; 1Ki 7:29 (twice in verse) (here of graven work) 1Ki 8:5; 1Ch 12:40; 2Ch 5:6; 2Ch 18:2; Isa 22:13; Psa 66:15; also as beasts of burden 1Ch 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 Amo 6:12 2Ch 4:3 see above); of two Num 7:17 Num 7:11t. Numbers 7; compare also ב ׳צֶמֶד yoke (pair) of oxen 1Sa 11:7 compare 1Sa 11:7, 1Ki 19:21 compare 1Ki 19:21 (ploughing, compare 1Ki 19:19); also 2Sa 6:6 = 1Ch 13:9 (drawing a cart, compare Num 7:3f.; 1Sa 6:7f.), 2Sa 24:22 = 1 Chronicles 21:33, 2Sa 24:22, 2Sa 24:24; 1Ki 19:20; Amo 6:12 (plural); 500 yoke of oxen Job 1:3 compare Job 1:14; 1000yoke Job 42:12; further, of four Num 7:7; five Exodus 21:37 (הַשּׁוֺר תַּחַת); seven 2Ch 29:22 (|| מָּרִים 2Ch 29:21); eight Num 7:8; ten 1Ki 5:3; twelve Num 7:3 (singly called שׁוֺר) compare Num 7:6; of the twelve brazen bulls beneath the sea in Solomon's temple 1Ki 7:25, 1Ki 7:44 2Ch 4:4, 2Ch 4:15 compare 2Ki 16:17; 2Ch 4:3 (בְּקָרִים דְּמוּת) 2Ch 4:3 (but read in both מְּקָעִים, as || 1Ki 7:24 compare Be Öttli) 1Ki 7:4; Jer 52:20; of twenty 1Ki 5:3; seventy 2Ch 29:32; hundreds or thousands 1Ki 8:63 2Ch 7:5; 2Ch 15:11; 2Ch 29:33; 2Ch 35:7-8, 2Ch 35:9 (compare 2Ch 35:12), & Num 31:33, Num 31:38, Num 31:44 . Note בָּקָר חֶמְאַת Deu 32:14 (poem), ב ׳שְׁפוֺת 2Sa 17:29, הַבּ ׳כְּלִי 2Sa 24:22; 1Ki 19:21, ׳הַבּ מַלְמַד Jdg 3:31, הַבּ ׳צְפִו֯עֵי Eze 4:15 (opposed to הָאָדָם גֶּלֲלֵי).