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Deuteronomy 8:13

“And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

בָּקָרbâqâr · baw-kawr'
H1241 · Hebrew
Definition
beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
Derivation
from H1239 (בָּקַר);
KJV renderings
beeve, bull ([phrase] -ock), [phrase] calf, [phrase] cow, great (cattle), [phrase] heifer, herd, kine, ox.
Grammar
  • וּ — conjunction
  • בְקָֽרְ — common noun, both genders, singular, construct
  • ךָ֤ — suffix (pronominal), 2nd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Ncbsc/Sp2ms
Usage
Occurs 183 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 12:16Genesis 13:5Genesis 18:7Genesis 18:7Genesis 18:8

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read בָּקָר here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.