בְּכֹרָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1062

right of first-born — used 10 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

right of first-born tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

בְּכֹרָה: n.f. right of first-born tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. right of first-born Gn 25:32, 34 (J) Dt 21:17; 1 Ch 5:1, 2; sf. בְּכֹרָתִי Gn 27:36 (JE); בְּכֹרָתְךָ Gn 25:31 (J); בְּכֹרָתוֹ Gn 25:33; 43:33 (J) 1 Ch 5:1.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: birthright (7); [is] a birthright (1); the birthright (1).

In the verses

Genesis 25:31 · tree →

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר יַעֲקֹ֑ב מִכְרָ֥ה כַיּ֛וֹם אֶת־בְּכֹֽרָתְךָ֖ לִֽי׃

Word for word: and he.said Jacob sell as the day (et) birthright your to me

JPS 1917: And Jacob said: 'Sell me first thy birthright.'

Genesis 25:32 · tree →

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר עֵשָׂ֔ו הִנֵּ֛ה אָנֹכִ֥י הוֹלֵ֖ךְ לָמ֑וּת וְלָמָּה־זֶּ֥ה לִ֖י בְּכֹרָֽה׃

Word for word: and he.said Esau here! I [am].going to die and for what? this to me [is].a.birthright

JPS 1917: And Esau said: 'Behold, I am at the point to die; and what profit shall the birthright do to me?'

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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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