בָּקָר₁₈₂ noun masculine^{1Ki 5:3} + (feminine^{Genesis 33:16; Job 1:14} compare Deuteronomy 32:14 2 Samuel 17:29) cattle, herd, ox (Arabic , Aramaic בַּקְרָא, בַּקְרְתָא, (compare also Hom^{NS 222 ff.}); name from ploughing, so Thes Lag^{BN 51} and others) — absolute ׳בּ Genesis 12:16 +; construct בְּקַר Numbers 7:88; suffix בְּקָֽרְךָ Genesis 45:10 +; בְּקָרֶ֑ךָ Exodus 20:24; Jeremiah 5:17; בְּקָרוֺ 1 Samuel 11:7; 2 Samuel 12:4; בְּקַרְכֶם Deuteronomy 12:6; בְּקָרָם Jeremiah 3:24 +; plural בְּקָרִים Amos 6:12 (al. read בקר ים) 2 Chronicles 4:3 (but read מְּקָעִים see "" 1 Kings 7:24 below); suffix בְּקָרֵינוּ Nehemiah 10:37; read בקריכם for בחוריכם 1 Samuel 8:16 ᵐ5 We Dr; —

1 mostly coll.

a. cattle, Generic (never plural in form) Genesis 12:6; Genesis 13:5; Genesis 20:14; Genesis 21:27; Genesis 24:35; Leviticus 1:2; Deuteronomy 8:13; 1 Samuel 11:5; Hosea 5:6; Joel 1:18; 1 Chronicles 27:29 (twice in verse) + often (frequently "" צאֹן); as grazing, 1 Chronicles 27:29 +; in simile ׳כַּבּ Job 40:15; Isaiah 11:7; Isaiah 65:25; as lowing (׳קוֺל הַבּ) 1 Samuel 15:14; מִקְנֵה בָקָרpossession of (i.e. property in) cattle Genesis 6:14; Genesis 47:17 (both J); ׳עֶדְרֵי ב Joel 1:18 herds of cattle; especially בֶּןבָּֿקָר son of cattle (i.e. belonging to the בקר), to denote a single ox, calf, etc.; as used for food Genesis 18:7 compare Genesis 18:8 (J); — in these probably = calf (see also 1 Samuel 14:32 בָּקָר וּבְנֵי בָקָר); usually for sacrifice (Hexateuch only P) Numbers 15:8,9; ׳בֶּןהַֿבּ Leviticus 1:5; appositive עֵגֶל Leviticus 9:2; — compare עֶגְלַת בָּקָר Deuteronomy 21:3; 1 Samuel 16:2; Isaiah 7:21; — mostly appositive מַּר Exodus 29:1 27t.; also plural מָּרִים בני בקר Numbers 28:11,19,27; Numbers 29:13,17 (on all these compare בֵּן); also indefinite cattle, oxen, of a number not specified Numbers 7:87,88 (in both enumerated as מָּרִים); Numbers 22:40; 1 Samuel 14:32; 1 Samuel 15:21; 1 Kings 1:9; 1 Kings 7:29 (twice in verse) (here of graven work) 1 Kings 8:5; 1 Chronicles 12:40; 2Chronicles 5:6; 18:2; Isaiah 22:13; Psalm 66:15; also as beasts of burden 1 Chronicles 12:40.

b. a particulur herd of cattle Genesis 18:7 (J); compare plural בְּקָרֵינוּ, our herds, only Nehemiah 10:37.

2 more individually, head of cattle, — yet always of more than one (Hexateuch mostly P; plural only Amos 6:12 2Chronicles 4:3 see above); of two Numbers 7:17 11t. Numbers 7; compare also ׳צֶמֶד ב yoke (pair) of oxen 1 Samuel 11:7 compare 1 Samuel 11:7, 1 Kings 19:21 compare 1 Kings 19:21 (ploughing, compare 1 Kings 19:19); also 2 Samuel 6:6 = 1 Chronicles 13:9 (drawing a cart, compare Numbers 7:3f.; 1 Samuel 6:7f.), 2 Samuel 24:22 = 1 Chronicles 21:33, 2 Samuel 24:22,24; 1 Kings 19:20; Amos 6:12 (plural); 500 yoke of oxen Job 1:3 compare Job 1:14; 1000yoke Job 42:12; further, of four Numbers 7:7; five Exodus 21:37 (תַּחַת הַשּׁוֺר); seven 2 Chronicles 29:22 ("" מָּרִים 2 Chronicles 29:21); eight Numbers 7:8; ten 1 Kings 5:3; twelve Numbers 7:3 (singly called שׁוֺר) compare Numbers 7:6; of the twelve brazen bulls beneath the sea in Solomon's temple 1 Kings 7:25,44 2Chronicles 4:4,15 compare 2 Kings 16:17; 2Chronicles 4:3 (דְּמוּת בְּקָרִים) 2 Chronicles 4:3 (but read in both מְּקָעִים, as "" 1 Kings 7:24 compare Be Öttli) 1 Kings 7:4; Jeremiah 52:20; of twenty 1 Kings 5:3; seventy 2Chronicles 29:32; hundreds or thousands 1 Kings 8:63 2Chronicles 7:5; 15:11; 29:33; 35:7,8,9 (compare 2 Chronicles 35:12), & Numbers 31:33,38,44 . Note חֶמְאַת בָּקָר Deuteronomy 32:14 (poem), ׳שְׁפוֺת ב 2 Samuel 17:29, ׳כְּלִי הַבּ 2 Samuel 24:22; 1 Kings 19:21, מַלְמַד ׳הַבּ Judges 3:31, ׳צְפִו֯עֵי הַבּ Ezekiel 4:15 (opposed to גֶּלֲלֵי הָאָדָם).