1 Samuel 16:2:111 Sam.16.2.W11TAB
בָּקָר֙
bakar
“cattle”
- Transliteration
- ba-KAR
- Extended
- baa-KAAR
- IPA
- /ʕɛɣˈlat/
Meaning by language
- English
- cattle
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-KAR
- phraseyour reading level
e-ge-LAT ba-KAR
- clause
va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH e-ge-LAT ba-KAR tik-KAKH be-ya-DE-kha ve-a-MAR-ta liz-BO-kha la-ye-ho-VAH BA-ti
- sentence
va-YO-mer she-mu-EL EKH e-LEKH ve-sha-MA sha-UL va-ha-ra-GA-ni va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH e-ge-LAT ba-KAR tik-KAKH be-ya-DE-kha ve-a-MAR-ta liz-BO-kha la-ye-ho-VAH BA-ti
Exegesis
The construct chain eglat bakar {עֶגְלַת בָּקָר | ’e-ḡa-lat ba-qār} designates the sacrificial animal.
Root and etymology
b-q-rbet–qof–resh
“cattle, herd animal”
In context — 1 Samuel 16:2
And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears, he will kill me.” And the LORD said, “Take the heifer of the herd in your hand and say, ‘To sacrifice to the LORD I have come.’”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:2:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 16:2, so the Hebrew word בָּקָר֙ (bakar) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Sam.16.2.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.2.W11.S1) and character.