בְּקַר

Biblical Aramaic

inquire — used 5 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

inquire tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

בְּקַר: vb. inquire, seek tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. inquire, seek (only Ezr) (𝔗 Syriac; v. BH);—Pf. 3 mpl. בַּקַּ֫רוּ 4:19; 6:1; Impf. 3 ms. יְבַקַּר 4:15; Inf. לְבַקָּרָה 7:14;—inquire, c. עַל (rei) concerning 7:14; c. subj. indef., = pass., 4:19 search was made, so 6:1, 4:15. Impf. 3 ms. יִתְבַּקַּר 5:17, impers., let search be made.

Jastrow 1903

בְּקַר: Pa. to search, examine to clear, glean to let the herd graze to drive unmuzzled animals to visit the sick to abandon, leave unclaimed, declare free tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

—Pa. בַּקַּר to search, examine. Targ. O. Lev. XIII, 36; a. fr. to clear, glean. Targ. Y. I Deut. XXIV, 20 (II תתב׳, read תבקרון, h. text תפאר). to let the herd graze (cmp. בער), to drive unmuzzled animals. Targ. Y. Gen. XIII, 7. to visit the sick. Targ. Y. Ex. XVIII, 20; a. e.—Y. Sabb. VI, 8ᶜ bot.; a. fr. (= preced. Hif.) to abandon, leave unclaimed, declare free. Targ. Y. Ex. XXIII, 11 Ar. (some ed. ותפקד, read ותפקר). Y. Shebi. IX, 39ᵃ top וַאֲבַקְּרָה קומיהון and I will declare it free goods in their presense. Ib. ומְבַקְּרִין ליה and declare ye it free property.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: they searched (2); enquire (1); he will search (1).

In the verses

Ezra 6:1 · tree →

בֵּאדַ֛יִן דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֖א שָׂ֣ם טְעֵ֑ם וּבַקַּ֣רוּ ׀ בְּבֵ֣ית סִפְרַיָּ֗א דִּ֧י גִנְזַיָּ֛א מְהַחֲתִ֥ין תַּמָּ֖ה בְּבָבֶֽל׃

Word for word: then Darius the king he.made a.decree and they.searched in the.house of the.books where the treasures [were].deposited there in Babylon

JPS 1917: Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up, in Babylon.

Ezra 4:19 · tree →

וּמִנִּי֮ שִׂ֣ים טְעֵם֒ וּבַקַּ֣רוּ וְהַשְׁכַּ֔חוּ דִּ֚י קִרְיְתָ֣א דָ֔ךְ מִן־יוֹמָת֙ עָֽלְמָ֔א עַל־מַלְכִ֖ין מִֽתְנַשְּׂאָ֑ה וּמְרַ֥ד וְאֶשְׁתַּדּ֖וּר מִתְעֲבֶד־בַּֽהּ׃

Word for word: and from me it.was.made a.decree and they.searched and they.found (diy).that the city this from the.days of.(the) antiquity against kings [was].rising.up and rebellion and revolt [have].been.done by it

JPS 1917: And I decreed, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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