בחור
Hebrew
editEtymology
editRoot |
---|
ב־ח־ר (b-kh-r) |
From בחר (“chose, select”), hence literally "chosen" or "selected".
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
edit- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /baˈχuʁ/
- (Mizrahi Hebrew) IPA(key): /baˈħur/
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈbɔχər/
Audio: (file)
Noun
editבָּחוּר • (bakhúr) m (plural indefinite בַּחוּרִים, feminine counterpart בַּחוּרָה)
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) guy, boy
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) youth (countable), young man
- (Jewish law) a young man over 13 who is required to perform mitzvoth but has never married
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editDescendants
editSee also
edit- ילד (yéled)
Further reading
editH970 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Anagrams
editYiddish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editבחור • (bokher) m, plural בחורים (bokherem)
Synonyms
edit- (young man): יונגער־מאַן (yunger-man)
Derived terms
edit- בחורווײַז (bokhervayz)
- ישיבֿה־בחור (yeshive-bokher)
Descendants
editCategories:
- Hebrew terms belonging to the root ב־ח־ר
- Hebrew terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hebrew terms with audio links
- Hebrew lemmas
- Hebrew nouns
- Hebrew masculine nouns
- he:Jewish law
- Yiddish terms borrowed from Hebrew
- Yiddish terms derived from Hebrew
- Yiddish terms derived from the Hebrew root ב־ח־ר
- Yiddish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Yiddish lemmas
- Yiddish nouns
- Yiddish masculine nouns
- yi:Male people