2 Samuel 23:4:22 Sam.23.4.W2TAB
בֹּ֖קֶר
boker
“morning”
- Transliteration
- BO-ker
- Extended
- BOH-kehr
- IPA
- /ˈboːqɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- morning
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
BO-ker
- phraseyour reading level
u-khe-OR BO-ker
- clause
u-khe-OR BO-ker yiz-RAKH-sha-mesh
- sentence
u-khe-OR BO-ker yiz-RAKH-sha-mesh BO-ker LO a-VOT min-NO-ga mim-ma-TAR DE-she me-E-rets
Exegesis
The noun bôqêr {בֹּ֖קֶר | bôqêr} ‘morning’ recurs for emphasis on renewal.
The clause bôqêr lō ’āḇôt {בֹּ֚קֶר לֹ֣א עָב֔וֹת | bôqêr lō ’āḇôt} ‘a morning without clouds’ contrasts clarity and obstruction.
Root and etymology
bet-qof-reshb-q-r
“morning, dawn”
In context — 2 Samuel 23:4
And he shall be like the light of morning when the sun shines on a cloudless dawn; from the brightness after rain comes grass from the earth.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 23:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 23:4, so the Hebrew word בֹּ֖קֶר (boker) 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 2 Sam.23.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.4.W2.S1) and character.