בקר

Aramaic

Verb

בקר • (transliteration needed)

1. to bore
2. to seek
3. to ask, to inquire

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ב־ק־ר (b-q-r)

Compare Arabic بَقَر (baqar)

Pronunciation

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Noun

בָּקָר • (baqár) m (singular construct בְּקַר־)

1. bovine, cattle
2. beef

Derived terms

• בּוֹקֵר

Further reading

• H1241 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Etymology 2

Noun

בֹּקֶר • (bóqer) m

1. defective spelling of בוקר.

Etymology 3

Root
ב־ק־ר (b-q-r)

Verb

בִּקֵּר • (biqqér) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of ביקר.

Verb

בֻּקַּר • (buqár) third-singular masculine past (pu'al construction)

1. defective spelling of בוקר

Noun

בַּקָּר • (baqár) m (singular construct בַּקַּר־) [pattern: קַטָּל]

1. inspector
2. supervisor, controller

Etymology 4

from French bécarre, from Medieval Latin b quadrātum (“B natural”, literally “square B”).

Adjective

בֵּקָר • (beqár)

1. (music) natural

References

• “בקר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• בקר on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Anagrams

• ברק
• קרב