בכרי

בכרי

Hebrew

Noun

בַּכְרִי • (bachrí) m

1. A descendent of Becher/‎בֶּכֶר‎.
   • Numbers 26:35, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     אֵלֶּה בְנֵי־אֶפְרַיִם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְשׁוּתֶלַח מִשְׁפַּחַת הַשֻּׁתַלְחִי לְבֶכֶר מִשְׁפַּחַת הַבַּכְרִי לְתַחַן מִשְׁפַּחַת הַתַּחֲנִי

     éle v'ne-efráyim l'mishp'chotám l'shutélach mishpáchat hashutalchí l'vécher mishpáchat habachrí l'táchan mishpáchat hatachaní

     These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the family of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.

Noun

בכרי • (transliteration needed)

1. (בְּכֹרִי, b'chorí) Singular formal of בְּכֹר‎ (b'chór)‎ with first-person singular personal pronoun as possessor.
   • Genesis 49:3, with translation of the King James Version:

     רְאוּבֵן בְּכֹרִי אַתָּה

     r'uvén b'chóri áta

     Reuben, thou art my firstborn

   • Exodus 4:22, with translation of the American Standard Version:

     בְּנִי בְכֹרִי יִשְׂרָאֵל

     b'ní v'chorí yisraél

     Israel is my son, my first-born

2. (בִּכְרֵי, bichré) Plural construct formal of בֶּכֶר‎ (bécher)‎.
   • Isaiah 60:6, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     שִׁפְעַת גְּמַלִּים תְּכַסֵּךְ בִּכְרֵי מִדְיָן וְעֵיפָה

     shif'át g'malím t'chaséch bichré midyán v'efá

     The caravan of camels shall cover thee, and of the young camels of Midian and Ephah

Proper noun

בִּכְרִי • (bichrí) m

1. A male given name.
   • 2 Samuel 20:1, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וְשָׁם נִקְרָא אִישׁ בְּלִיַּעַל וּשְׁמוֹ שֶׁבַע בֶּן־בִּכְרִי אִישׁ יְמִינִי

     v'shám nikrá ísh b'liyáal ush'mó shéva ben-bichrí ísh y'miní

     Now there happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite

See also

• ב־ כרי‎