בָּקַר
bâqar · baw-kar
properly, to plough, or (generally) break forth, i.e. (figuratively) to inspect, admire, care for, consider
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to plough, or (generally) break forth, i.e. (figuratively) to inspect, admire, care for, consider
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (make) inquire (-ry), (make) search, seek out.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the head, the highest
The house, what is within of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בָּקַר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shall not seek1 · 14%
- he shall not search1 · 14%
- shall be for me to enquire1 · 14%
- and to enquire1 · 14%
- to make enquiry1 · 14%
- and seek them out1 · 14%
- so will i seek out1 · 14%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.