H1242. boqer

בֹּ֫קֶר‎₂₁₄ noun masculine^{Exodus 10:13} morning (Late Hebrew id.; from split, penetrate, as the dawn the darkness, light through cloud-rifts, etc.) — ׳ב‎ Genesis 1:5 + (always absolute); plural בְּקָרִים‎ Job 7:18 4t.; —

1 morning (of point of time, time at which, never during which, English morning = forenoon): —

a. of end of night (opposed to לַיְלָה‎) Exodus 10:13 (J) Leviticus 6:2 (P) Judges 19:25; Ruth 3:13 (twice in verse); Isaiah 21:12 compare 1 Samuel 19:11 ("" מחר‎, opposed to לילה‎); opposed to לֵילוֺת‎ Psalm 92:3; also (opposed to לוּן‎) Exodus 23:18; 34:25 (both J E) Leviticus 19:13 (H) Deuteronomy 16:4; opposed to צלמות‎ Amos 5:8; compare further Genesis 40:6; 41:8 (both E) Exodus 12:22; 34:2 (twice in verse) (both J E) 1 Samuel 3:15 +,

b. implying the coming of dawn, and even daylight Genesis 29:25 (E) 44:3 (J) 1 Kings 3:21 (but Klo here for 2nd בַּבֹּקֶר‎, reads לְבַקֵּר‎ by looking at it see בָּקַר‎) Job 24:17; 38:12 ("" שַׁחַר‎); הַבּ ׳לִפְנוֺת‎ Exodus 14:27 (JE) at the turn of the morning, so Judges 19:26 ("" הַשָּׁ֑חַר בַּעֲלוֺת‎ 19:25; followed by עַדהָֿאוֺר‎, as something later, 19:26); see Ruth 3:14 ("" רעהו את אישׁ יכיר בטרו֯ם‎ before men could recognise each other); compare בֹקֶר כּוֺכְבֵי‎ Job 38:7 stars of morning; but also with אוֺר‎ verb Genesis 44:3 (J) אור הבקר‎; with אור‎ noun, הבקר באור‎ Micah 2:1; & especially הבקר אור עד‎ Judges 16:2 (opposed to לילה‎) so 1 Samuel 14:36; also 25:22, 34, 36; 2 Samuel 17:22; 2 Kings 7:9; compare 1 Samuel 29:10 ("" לָכֶם וְאוֺר‎).

c. of coming of sunrise Judges 9:33; 2 Samuel 23:4 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 3:22 compare ב ׳מוֺצָּאֵי וערב‎ Psalm 65:9 i.e. places of sunrise and sunset ("" קְצוֺת‎ i.e. ends of earth).

d. of beginning of day, הַבּ ׳מֵאָז וְעַדעַֿתָּה‎ Ruth 2:7 (compare 2:14) see 2 Samuel 24:15 (but strike out We Dr); time of prayer, & praise Psalm 5:4 (twice in verse) (see Hu) 59:17; 88:14; 92:3; "" צהרים‎ noon 1 Kings 18:26; Jeremiah 20:16; of three hours of prayer, וצהרים ובקר ערב‎ Psalm 55:18 (compare Daniel 6:10; 6:13); compare also with עֶרֶב‎ below

e. opposed to עֶרֶב‎ Genesis 49:27 (poem in J) Exodus 16:7-8, 12, 13; Leviticus 6:13; Numbers 9:21 (all P) Deuteronomy 28:67 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 11:14; 1 Kings 17:6; Isaiah 17:14; Zephaniah 3:3; Ezekiel 24:18 (twice in verse); 33:22; Daniel 8:26; Psalm 30:6; 90:5; 90:6; Ecclesiastes 11:6; 1 Chronicles 16:40; 2 Chronicles 2:3; 13:11; 31:3; Ezra 3:3; Esther 2:14; opposed to הערבים בֵּין‎ Exodus 29:39, 41; Numbers 28:4, 8 (all P); especially עדהֿערב מןהֿבקר‎ = all day Exodus 18:13 & (without article) 18:14 (both E); לָעֶרֶב מבקר‎ Job 4:20 = between morning and evening; also עַדבֹּֿקֶר מֵעֶרֶב‎ = all night, Exodus 27:21 (P) Leviticus 24:3 (H) Numbers 9:21 & עַדבּֿ ׳בָּעֶרֶב‎ 9:15 (both P); note also the formula בקר ויהי ערב וַיְהִי‎ and evening came and then morning Genesis 1:5, 8, 13, 19, 23, 31 (all P), i.e. the day ended with evening, and the night with morning; peculiar is Daniel 8:14 of omission of daily sacrifice מֵאוֺת וּשְׁלשׁ אַלְמַּיִם בֹּקֶר עֶרֶב עַד‎, until2300evening-mornings, probably = 2300 half-days (Ew Hi Meinh Bev Dr^{Intr. 464}, compare 8:26 & 3 2-Jantimes (years) 7:25; 12:11; Daniel 12:17).

f. often (above & elsewhere) with preposition (+ article except Job 7:18); in the morning, בַּבֹּקֶר‎ Genesis 19:27 110t., compare also הַבּ ׳בִּהְיֹת‎ Exodus 19:16; in (or at) the morning, ׳לַבּ‎ Amos 4:4 7t.; for (against or by) the morning, ׳לַבּ‎ Exodus 34:2 compare Psalm 130:6 (compare Che^{critical note}); nearly = until (עַדֿ‎) Exodus 34:25; Deuteronomy 16:4; Zephaniah 3:3; further ׳בַּבּ ׳בַּבּ‎ morning by morning, every morning Exodus 16:21; 30:7; 36:3; Leviticus 6:5 (all P) 2 Samuel 13:4; 1 Chronicles 23:30; 2 Chronicles 13:11; Isaiah 28:19; 50:4; Ezekiel 46:13-14, 15; Zephaniah 3:5 also ׳לַבּ ׳לַבּ‎, same sense, 1 Chronicles 9:27; plural לַבְּקָרִים‎ every morning afresh Psalm 73:14; Isaiah 33:2 compare Lamentations 3:23; almost = continually Psalm 101:8 (compare Jeremiah 21:12); see לִבְקָרִים‎ Job 7:18 ("" לִרְגָעִים‎ every moment); also without preposition or article in the morning Hosea 7:6 compare Psalm 5:4 (twice in verse); 55:18, d. above, & below

2. g. figurative of bright joy after night of distress (poetry) Job 11:17; compare Psalm 30:6; 46:6 (בּ ׳לִפְנוֺת‎) 49:15; 59:17; 90:14; 143:8.

h. in phrases, בַּבּ ׳הִשְׁכִּים‎ (וַיַּשְׁכֵּם‎ etc.) he rose early in the morning Genesis 19:27; 20:8; 21:14; 22:3; 26:31; 28:18; 32:1; Exodus 8:16; 9:13; 24:4; 34:4; Numbers 14:40; Joshua 3:1; 6:12; 7:16; 8:10 (all J E) Judges 6:28; 19:5, 8; 1 Samuel 1:19; 5:4; compare 15:12; 17:20; 29:10 (twice in verse) compare 29:11, 2 Kings 3:22; 19:35 = Isaiah 37:36; 2 Chronicles 20:20; Job 1:5; Proverbs 27:14; Isaiah 5:11; (ויקומו‎ etc.) ׳בַּבּ ויקם‎ Genesis 24:54; Numbers 22:13, 21 (all J E) Judges 19:27; 20:19; 2 Samuel 24:11; 1 Kings 3:21; הַבּ ׳אַשְׁמֹרֶת‎ morning watch Exodus 14:24; 1 Samuel 11:11.

2 morrow, next day (compare German Morgen, morgen) without article Exodus 16:19-20, Leviticus 7:15; 22:30 (opposed to הַהוּא הַיּוֺם‎) Numbers 16:5 ("" מָחָר‎ 16:7; 16:16) compare Exodus 12:10 (twice in verse); Numbers 9:12; with article Exodus 16:23-24, 29:34; ׳לַבּ‎ 34:25; Numbers 22:41; Zephaniah 3:3; ׳בַּבּ‎ 1 Samuel 9:19 (opposed to הַיּוֺם‎ to-day) compare 20:35; to-morrow morning ׳הַבּ‎ Judges 6:31 (Stu); ׳בַּבּ‎ Exodus 7:15; Joshua 7:14; Esther 5:14; definitely ׳בַּבּ מִמָּֽחֳרָת‎ 1 Samuel 5:4; ׳מֵהַבּ‎ 2 Samuel 2:27; adverb. use in this sense (without preposition or article) Exodus 16:7; Numbers 16:5.