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Numbers 31:38

“And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the Lord’s tribute was threescore and twelve.” (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: וְ — conjunction
הַ֨ — particle (definite article)
בָּקָ֔ר — common noun, both genders, singular, absolute
Code HC/Td/Ncbsa
Usage: Occurs 183 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 12:16 Genesis 13:5 Genesis 18:7 Genesis 18:7 Genesis 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.

Verse 37 Verse 39

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.