STRONGS H2145:
Abbreviations
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זָכָר noun masculine &
adjective male (Assyrian
zikaru, zikru, COT
Gloss Lyon
Manual, Gloss; Arabic
ذَكَرً; Aramaic
דִּכְרָא,
axrkeD; Sabean
רם [
כ]
דֿ DHM
ZMG 1876, 675; relation to above √ obscure; male as
mentioned, talked of, Lane
969f.; from assumed original sense
be sharp (traces of this in Arabic: see Lane), Bö
Prob 207 Fl in ChWB
i. 422, compare Arabic
ذَكَرً male organ; Schw
ZAW 1891, 176 ff. **(against Schwally's view see JPeritz
Woman in the Ancient Hebrew Cult, JBL xvii {1898}, 111 ff.) from
זָכַר =
call upon in worship; hence
male as
competent to worship) — always absolute
ז׳ Genesis 1:27 +; plural
(ה)זְכָרִים Exodus 13:12 +; see also [
זָכוּר]: —
I. substantive
male, offspring of men and animals
Exodus 13:12,
15 (plural, both J E); opposed to
נְקֵבָה Deuteronomy 4:16; specifically
1. of men:
a. in phrase יָֽדְעָה לא אשׁר זָכָר לְמִשְׁכַב איש Judges 21:12 (BuRS 153 DrIntr. 151), compare Judges 21:11, Numbers 31:17, 18, 35 (all 3 P); צַלְמֵי זָכָר Ezekiel 16:17.
b. alone = man Jeremiah 30:6 (רְאוּ אִםיֹֿלֵד זָכָ֑ר || גֶּבֶר); usually collective, men, male persons (of all ages) Judges 21:11; 1 Kings 11:15, 16; Genesis 34:25; Leviticus 6:11; Leviticus 6:22; Leviticus 7:6; Numbers 1:2, 20, 22; Numbers 3:28, 34, 39; Numbers 18:10; Numbers 26:62; Numbers 31:7, 17 (all P); plural (ה)זכרים 2 Chronicles 31:16; Ezra 8:3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, so also Joshua 5:4 (|| העם כלֿ, and כלאֿנשׁי המלחמה), Joshua 17:2 (gloss? compare DrIntr. 104); especially of individual, in connection with circumcision Genesis 17:10, 12, 14, 23; Genesis 34:15, 22, 24; Exodus 12:48 (all P); of male child Leviticus 12:2 (P) Isaiah 66:7; opposed to נְקֵבָה Genesis 1:27; Genesis 5:2; Leviticus 12:7 (child) Leviticus 15:33; Leviticus 27:3, 5, 6, 7; Numbers 5:3 (all P; compare Sabean אנתֿים פאו דֿ(כ)רם DHMl.c.); opposed to אִשָּׁה in command ag. sodomy Leviticus 18:22; Leviticus 20:13 (both H).
2. of animals, especially for sacrifice Exodus 34:19 (J E; read הַזָּכָר for MT תִּזָּכָר); Exodus 12:5; Leviticus 1:3, 10; Leviticus 4:23 (all P) Leviticus 22:19 (H), Malachi 1:14; opposed to נְקֵבָה Genesis 6:19; Genesis 7:3, 9, 16; Leviticus 3:1, 6 (all P).
II. adjective singular
male (only human beings)
יֻלַּדלְֿךָ בֵּן ז׳ Jeremiah 20:15;
כָּלבְּֿכֹר ז׳ Numbers 3:40,
43 (both P).
See related Aramaic BDB entry
H1798.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
1:27; 1:27; 5:2; 6:19; 7:3; 7:9; 7:16; 17:10; 17:12; 17:14; 17:23; 34:15; 34:22; 34:24; 34:25
Exodus
12:5; 12:48; 13:12; 13:12; 13:15; 34:19
Leviticus
1:3; 1:10; 3:1; 3:6; 4:23; 6:11; 6:22; 7:6; 12:2; 12:7; 15:33; 18:22; 20:13; 22:19; 27:3; 27:5; 27:6; 27:7
Numbers
1:2; 1:20; 1:22; 3:28; 3:34; 3:39; 3:40; 3:43; 5:3; 18:10; 26:62; 31:7; 31:17; 31:17; 31:18; 31:35
Deuteronomy
4:16
Joshua
5:4; 17:2
Judges
21:11; 21:11; 21:12
1 Kings
11:15; 11:16
2 Chronicles
31:16
Ezra
8:3; 8:4; 8:5; 8:6; 8:7; 8:8; 8:9; 8:10; 8:11; 8:12; 8:13; 8:14
Isaiah
66:7
Jeremiah
20:15; 30:6
Ezekiel
16:17
Malachi
1:14