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Genesis 44:3
“As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
בֹּקֶרbôqer · bo'-ker
H1242 · Hebrew
H1242 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
- Derivation
- from H1239 (בָּקַר);
- KJV renderings
- ([phrase]) day, early, morning, morrow.
- Grammar
- הַ — particle (definite article)
- בֹּ֖קֶר — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 214 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:5Genesis 1:8Genesis 1:13Genesis 1:19Genesis 1:23
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 בֹּקֶר here.
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.