בְּכֹרָה

«בְּכֹרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: right of first-born — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 10 times · Key: 1062 · BDB: בְּכֹרָה

Glosses

birthright (7); [is].a.birthright (1); the.birthright (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

right of first-born tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

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)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «בְּכֹרָה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Genesis 25:31

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

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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