בחור
Hebrew edit
Etymology edit
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ב־ח־ר (b-ḥ-r) |
From בחר (“chose, select”), hence literally "chosen" or "selected".
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Pronunciation edit
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /baˈχuʁ/
- (Mizrahi Hebrew) IPA(key): /baˈħur/
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈbɔχər/
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Noun edit
בָּחוּר • (bakhúr) m (plural indefinite בַּחוּרִים, feminine counterpart בַּחוּרָה)
- (Modern Israeli) guy, boy
- (Modern Israeli) youth (countable), young man
- (Jewish law) a young man over 13 who is required to perform mitzvoth but has never married
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See also edit
- ילד (yéled)
Further reading edit
H970 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
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Noun edit
בחור • (bokher) m, plural בחורים (bokherem)
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- (young man): יונגער־מאַן (yunger-man)
Derived terms edit
- בחורווײַז (bokhervayz)
- ישיבֿה־בחור (yeshive-bokher)