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bkwr, bwkrˀ (bŭḵur, buḵrā) n.m. firstborn
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firstborn
Common Aramaic
TgJ Jer4:31↗ עָקָא כְאִיתָא דִמשָרְיָא לְמֵילַד בְכוֹר‏ : distress like that of a woman starting to give birth to a firstborn ; P 2K3:27↗ ܘܢܣܒ ܠܒܪܗ ܒܘܟܪܗ ܕܗܘ ܡܡܠܟ ܒܬܪܗ܂ ܘܐܣܩܗ ܥܠܬܐ ܥܠ ܫܘܪܐ‏ : he took his firstborn son, who was to rule after him, and offered him up on the city-wall ; P Lk2:7↗ ̈ ܘܝܸܠܕ݁ܲܬ݂ ܒ݁ܪܵܗ ܒ݁ܘ݂ܟ݂ܪܵܐ‏ ; GY 6:15↗ litlẖ aba ḏqašiš minẖ ulabukra ḏmn qudamẖ hua : he has no father who is older than he nor firstborn who preceded him ; PJ Gen38:7↗ והוה ער בוכרא דיהודה ביש קדם ייי‏
(1)
human
Common (except: OA, OfA, BA, MidAr)
SamTgJ Gen27:32↗ אנה ברך בכורך‏ ; P Gn27:32↗ ܐܢܐ ܗܘ ܒܪܟ ܒܘܟܪܟ ܥܣܘ‏
(2)
animal
Common (except: OA, OfA, BA, MidAr)
TgO Deut12:17↗ בכוֹרֵי תוֹרָך וְעָנָך‏ ; CPA 1R(1Sam)6:10↗ ܬܪ̈ܬܝܢ ܬܘܪ̈ܝܢ ‍[‍ܕ‍]‍ܝܠܝ̈ܕܢ ܒܟܘܪ̈ܝܢ‏ ; SamTgJ Num18:17↗ בכור תור אי בכור אמר‏ ; P Gn4:4↗ ܘܗܒܝܠ ܐܝܬܝ ܐܦ ܗ݂ܘ ܡܢ ܒܘܟܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܢܗ ܘܡܢ ܫ̈ܡܝܢܝܗܘܢ‏
(3)
inanimate: see s.v. bkwr#2
JBA
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first one, earliest one
Syr, Man
JSB5 1:8↗ ܒܘܟܪܐ ܕܡܝ̈ܬܐ ܗܒܝܠ‏ : Abel, the first one of the dead ; MiS 171c:18 ܓܪ̈ܡܘܗܝ ܕܩܕ܊ ܣܛܦܢܘܣ ܒܘ݂ܟܪܐ ܕܣܗ̈ܕܐ‏ : the bones of St. Stephen, first of the martyrs ; IshDeut 132:26↗ ܡܛܠ ܓܝܪ ܕܗܘܝܘ ܒܘܟܪܐ ܕܡܟܬܒ̈ܢܐ‏ : for since he was the earliest of the authors
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Bukhra: the sacramental Host in Nestorian ritual
Syr
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See also s.v. bkwrˀ.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 126[73]DJPA: 102bDJBA: 190bJastrow: 145Drower/Macuch: 55aJ. Payne-Smith: 38Levy Ch-W: 1:97Tal Sam: 97DCPA[Schulthess]: 48[26b]

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