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Hebrew wordlink #61265

OSHB Num 1:20 בְּכֹר (bəkor) Strongs=1060 Lemma=‘בְּכֹר’
contextual word gloss=‘the_firstborn_of’ word gloss=‘firstborn_of’
Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct
Year=-1490

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Other uses (3) of identical word form בְּכֹר (Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘בְּכֹר’ (Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) is always and only glossed as ‘the_firstborn_of’.

GEN 25:13 contextual word gloss=‘the_firstborn_of’ word gloss=‘firstborn_of’ OSHB GEN 25:13 word 7

OET-LV: 13 And_these are_the _names _of the _sons _of Yishmāˊ^ʼēl/(Ishmael) by_their _of_names to_their _of_descendants the _firstborn _of Yishmāˊ^ʼēl/(Ishmael) Nəⱱāyōt and_Qēdār and_ʼAdbə^ʼēl and_Miⱱsām. (GEN_25:13)

OET-RV: 13 These are the names of Yishma’el’s sons, by their names according to their births: Yishma’el’s firstborn was Nevayot, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, (GEN 25:13)

GEN 46:8 contextual word gloss=‘the_firstborn_of’ word gloss=‘firstborn_of’ OSHB GEN 46:8 word 9

OET-LV: 8 and_these are_the _names _of the _sons _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) the_(ones _who)_went to_Miʦrayim Yaˊₐqoⱱ and_his _of_sons the _firstborn _of Yaˊₐqoⱱ Rəʼūⱱēn. (GEN_46:8)

OET-RV: 8 These are the names of Yisrael’s sons who went to Egypt, that is Yacob and his sons: Yacob’s firstborn was Reuben, (GEN 46:8)

EXO 6:14 contextual word gloss=‘the_firstborn_of’ word gloss=‘firstborn_of’ OSHB EXO 6:14 word 7

OET-LV: 14 these were_the _heads _of the _house _of their _fathers _of_of the _sons _of Rəʼūⱱēn the _firstborn _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) were_Ḩₐnōk/(Enoch) and_Pallūʼ Ḩeʦrōn and_Karmī/(Carmi) these were_the _clans _of Rəʼūⱱēn. (EXO_6:14)

OET-RV: 14 The following were the leaders of the clans:
¶ The sons of Reuben (Yisra’el’s eldest son) were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Karmi, and they headed the clans of Reuben. (EXO 6:14)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘בְּכֹר’’ have 2 different glosses: ‘firstborn’, ‘the_firstborn_of’.