Hebrew

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Compare Arabic ب ك ر (b-k-r).

Root

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ב־כ־ר (b-k-r)

  1. Related to first ripening, firstborns, seniority.

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • ב־כ־ר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
  • ב־כ־ר”, in Hebrew dictionary and conjugation tables, Pealim.com
  • A. Murtonen (1989) “BKR”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 112
  • Klein, Ernest (1987) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 73