בְּכִירָה

«בְּכִירָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: 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: 6 times · Key: 1067 · BDB: בְּכִירָה

Glosses

firstborn (5); the.firstborn (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

first-born tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. first-born tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. first-born, always of women Gn 19:31, 33, 34, 37; 29:26 (JE) 1 S 14:49.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Genesis 19:37

וַתֵּ֤לֶד הַבְּכִירָה֙ בֵּ֔ן וַתִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ מוֹאָ֑ב ה֥וּא אֲבִֽי־מוֹאָ֖ב עַד־הַיּֽוֹם׃

Word for word: and she.bore the firstborn a.son and she.called name his Moab he [is].the.ancestor of.Moab until this day

JPS 1917: And the first-born bore a son, and called his name Moab — the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.

Genesis 29:26

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָבָ֔ן לֹא־יֵעָשֶׂ֥ה כֵ֖ן בִּמְקוֹמֵ֑נוּ לָתֵ֥ת הַצְּעִירָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֥י הַבְּכִירָֽה׃

Word for word: and he.said Laban not it.is.done thus in place our to give the young before the firstborn

JPS 1917: And Laban said: 'It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the first-born.

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