Numbers 26:5:2Num.26.5.W2TAB
בְּכֹ֣ור
bekhor
“firstborn”
- Transliteration
- be-KHOR
- Extended
- beh-KHOHR
- IPA
- /bəˈxoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- firstborn
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-KHOR
- phraseyour reading level
be-KHOR yis-ra-EL
- sentence
re-u-VEN be-KHOR yis-ra-EL be-NEI re-u-VEN kha-NOKH mish-pa-KHAT ha-kha-no-KHI le-pal-LU mish-pa-KHAT ha-pal-LU-i
Exegesis
The verse opens with Reuben {רְאוּבֵן | reʾū-vēn} in apposition to bekhor yisrāʼēl {בְּכוֹר יִשְׂרָאֵל | bə-khôr yiś-rā-ʼēl} ‘firstborn of Israel’, expressing primogeniture through nominal apposition.
Root and etymology
ב־כ־ר
“firstborn”
In context — Numbers 26:5
Reuben was the firstborn of Israel; the sons of Reuben were Hanok—the clan of the Hanokite—and Pallu—the clan of the Palluite.
About this coordinate
Numbers 26:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 26:5, so the Hebrew word בְּכֹ֣ור (bekhor) 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 Num.26.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.5.W2.S1) and character.