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ביכר

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Hebrew

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Root
ב־כ־ר (b-k-r)
7 terms

Verb

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ביכר / בִּכֵּר (bikér) (pi'el construction)

  1. To give birth for the first time.
    • a. 1200, Maimonides, משנה תורה,‎ בכורות chapter 4:
      הַלּוֹקֵחַ בְּהֵמָה מִן הַנׇּכְרִי וְאֵין יָדוּעַ אִם בִּכְּרָה אוֹ לֹא בִּכְּרָה וְיָלְדָה אֶצְלוֹ הֲרֵי זֶה סְפֵק בְּכוֹר
      ha-lokéakh b'hemá mín ha-nokhrí v'én yadúa im bikrá o lo bikrá v-yaldá etsló, haréi zeh s'fék b'khór
      When a person purchases an animal from a gentile and does not know whether it gave birth already or not, if it gives birth in his possession, the offspring is considered a firstborn because of the doubt.
  2. To designate a specific child the firstborn.
    • Tanach, Deuteronomy 21:16, with Young's Literal Translation:
      לֹא יוּכַל לְבַכֵּר אֶת־בֶּן־הָאֲהוּבָה עַל־פְּנֵי בֶן־הַשְּׂנוּאָה הַבְּכֹר
      ló yukhál l'vakér et-ben-ha'ahuvá al-p'né ven-has'nuá hab'khór
      he is not able to declare first-born the son of the loved one, in the face of the son of the hated one -- the first-born.
  3. (of produce) To ripen.
    • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Menachot:
      מִצְוַת הָעֹמֶר לָבֹא מִן הַקָּרוֹב. לֹא בִכֵּר הַקָּרוֹב לִירוּשָׁלַיִם, מְבִיאִים אוֹתוֹ מִכָּל מָקוֹם.
      mitzvát ha-ómer lavó mín hakaróv ló vikér hakaróv lirushaláyim, m'vi'ím otó mikól makóm
      The mitzvah of the omer should come from nearby. If the [crop] near Jerusalem has not ripened, bring it from any place.

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