זָכָר

n.m. & adj. male (Assyrian zikaru, zikru, COTGloss Lyon Manual, Gloss; Arabic ذَكَرٌ; Aramaic דִּכְרָא, ܕܶܟܪܳܐ; Sab. דֿ[כ]רם DHMZMG 1876, 675; relation to above √ obscure; male as mentioned, talked of, Lane969 f.; from assumed orig. sense be sharp (traces of this in Arabic: v. Lane), BöProb 207 Fl in ChWB i, 422, cf. Arabic ذَكَرٌ male organ; SchwallyZAW 1891, 176 ff. from זָכַר = call upon in worship; hence male as competent to worship. (Against Schwally’s view see JPeritzWoman in the Ancient Hebrew Cult, JBL xvii (1898), 111 ff.).) —always abs. ז׳ Gn 1:27 +; pl. (ה)זְכָרִים Ex 13:12 +; vid. also [זָכוּר]:— subst. male, offspring of men and animals Ex 13:12, 15 (pl., both JE); opp. נְקֵבָה Dt 4:16; specif. of men: in phr. אשׁר לא יָֽדְעָה אישׁ לְמִשְׁכַב זָכָר Ju 21:12 (BuRS 153 DrIntr. 151), cf. v 11, Nu 31:17, 18, 35 (all 3 P); צַלְמֵי זָכָר Ez 16:17. alone = man Je 30:6 (רְאוּ אִם־יֹלֵד זָכָ֑ר, ‖ גֶּבֶר); usually coll., men, male persons (of all ages) Ju 21:11 1 K 11:15, 16, Gn 34:25 Lv 6:11, 22; 7:6 Nu 1:2, 20, 22; 3:28, 34, 39; 18:10; 26:62; 31:7, 17 (all P); pl. (ה)זכרים 2 Ch 31:16 Ezr 8:3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, so also Jos 5:4 (‖ כל־העם, and כל־אנשׁי המלחמה), 17:2 (gloss? cf. DrIntr. 104); especially of individ., in connex. with circumcision Gn 17:10, 12, 14, 23; 34:15, 22, 24 Ex 12:48 (all P); of male child Lv 12:2 (P) Is 66:7; opp. נְקֵבָה Gn 1:27; 5:2 Lv 12:7 (child) 15:33; 27:3, 5, 6, 7 Nu 5:3 (all P; cf. Sab. אנתֿים פאו דֿ(כ)רם DHMl.c.); opp. אִשָּׁה in command ag. sodomy Lv 18:22; 20:13 (both H). of animals, especially for sacrifice Ex 34:19 (JE; read הַזָּכָר for MT תִּזָּכָר); Ex 12:5 Lv 1:3, 10; 4:23 (all P) 22:19 (H), Mal 1:14; opp. נְקֵבָה Gn 6:19; 7:3, 9, 16 Lv 3:1, 6 (all P) adj. sg. male (only human beings) יֻלַּד־לְךָ בֵּן ז׳ Je 20:15; כָּל־בְּכֹר ז׳ Nu 3:40, 43 (both P).