בָּקָר

1. mostly coll.
\ \ a. cattle, generic (never plural in form) 1 Mos 12,6; 1 Mos 13,5; 1 Mos 20,14; 1 Mos 21,27; 1 Mos 24,35; 3 Mos 1,2; 5 Mos 8,13; 1 Sam 11,5; Hos 5,6; Joel 1,18; 1 Kron 27,29 (twice in verse) + often (frequently || צאֹן); as grazing, 1 Kron 27,29 +; in simile ׳כַּבּ Job 40,15; Es 11,7; Es 65,25 as lowing (׳קוֺל הַבּ) 1 Sam 15,14 מִקְנֵה בָקָרpossession of (i.e. property in) cattle 1 Mos 6,14; 1 Mos 47,17 (both J); ׳עֶדְרֵי ב Joel 1,18 herds of cattle; especially בֶּןבָּֿקָר son of cattle (i.e. belonging to the בקר), to denote a single ox, calf, etc.; as used for food 1 Mos 18,7 compare v1 Mos 18,8 (J); — in these probably = calf (see also 1 Sam 14,32 בָּקָר וּבְנֵי בָקָר); usually for sacrifice (Hexateuch only P) 4 Mos 15,8; 4 Mos 15,9 ׳בֶּןהַֿבּ 3 Mos 1,5 appositive עֵגֶל 3 Mos 9,2 — compare עֶגְלַת בָּקָר 5 Mos 21,3; 1 Sam 16,2; Es 7,21 — mostly appositive פַּר 2 Mos 29,1 + 27 t.; also plural פָּרִים בני בקר 4 Mos 28,11; 4 Mos 28,19; 4 Mos 28,27; 4 Mos 29,13; 4 Mos 29,17 (on all these compare בֵּן); also indefinite cattle, oxen, of a number not specified 4 Mos 7,87; 4 Mos 7,88 (in both enumerated as פָּרִים); 4 Mos 22,40; 1 Sam 14,32; 1 Sam 15,21; 1 Kong 1,9; 1 Kong 7,29 (twice in verse) (here of graven work) 1 Kong 8,5; 1 Kron 12,40; 2 Kron 5,6; 2 Kron 18,2; Es 22,13; Sl 66,15 also as beasts of burden 1 Kron 12,40.
\ \ b. a particulur herd of cattle 1 Mos 18,7 (J); compare plural בְּקָרֵינוּ, our herds, only Neh 10,37.

2. more individually, head of cattle, — yet always of more than one (Hexateuch mostly P; plural only Amos 6,12 + 2 Kron 4,3 see above); of two 4 Mos 7,17 + 11 t. 4 Mos 7,1–200 compare also ׳צֶמֶד ב yoke (pair) of oxen 1 Sam 11,7 compare v1 Sam 11,7, 1 Kong 19,21 compare v1 Kong 19,21 (ploughing, compare v1 Kong 19,19); also 2 Sam 6,6 = 1 Kron 13,9 (drawing a cart, compare 4 Mos 1,7f.), 2 Sam 24,22 = 1 Kron 21,33, 2 Sam 24,22; 2 Sam 24,24; 1 Kong 19,20; Amos 6,12 (plural); 500 yoke of oxen Job 1,3 compare vJob 1,14 1000 yoke Job 42,12 further, of four 4 Mos 7,7 five 2 Mos 21,37 (תַּחַת הַשּׁוֺר); seven 2 Kron 29,22 (|| פָּרִים v2 Kron 29,21); eight 4 Mos 7,8 ten 1 Kong 5,3 twelve 4 Mos 7,3 (singly called שׁוֺר) compare v4 Mos 7,6 of the twelve brazen bulls beneath the sea in Solomon's temple 1 Kong 7,25; 1 Kong 7,44 = 2 Kron 4,4; 2 Kron 4,15 compare 2 Kong 16,17; 2 Kron 4,3 (דְּמוּת בְּקָרִים) v2 Kron 4,3 (but read in both פְּקָעִים, as || 1 Kong 7,24 compare Be Öttli) v1 Kong 7,4; Jer 52,20 of twenty 1 Kong 5,3 seventy 2 Kron 29,32 hundreds or thousands 1 Kong 8,63 = 2 Kron 7,5; 2 Kron 15,11; 2 Kron 29,33; 2 Kron 35,7; 2 Kron 35,8; 2 Kron 35,9 (compare v2 Kron 35,12), & 4 Mos 31,33; 4 Mos 31,38; 4 Mos 31,44 . Note חֶמְאַת בָּקָר 5 Mos 32,14 (poem), ׳שְׁפוֺת ב 2 Sam 17,29, ׳כְּלִי הַבּ 2 Sam 24,22; 1 Kong 19,21, מַלְמַד ׳הַבּ Dom 3,31, ׳צְפִו֯עֵי הַבּ Ezk 4,15 (opposed to גֶּלֲלֵי הָאָדָם).