H1071 H1071
Beker (Bekher): a proper name meaning 'young camel,' borne by a son of Benjamin and a son of Ephraim.
Beker is a Hebrew personal name derived from a word meaning 'young camel' (cf. Arabic bakr). It is borne by two distinct figures in Scripture: a son of Benjamin listed in the genealogy of Genesis 46:21 and 1 Chronicles 7:6, 8, and a son of Ephraim in Numbers 26:35 (where a variant spelling Bered appears in 1 Chronicles 7:20). The multilingual glosses consistently transliterate the name, with Spanish rendering it 'Bequer' and French 'Becher,' reflecting the guttural variation in different phonological systems.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A proper masculine name meaning 'young camel,' applied to two Old Testament individuals: (a) a son of Benjamin (Gen 46:21; 1 Chr 7:6, 8), and (b) a son of Ephraim (Num 26:35), equated with Bered in 1 Chr 7:20. The Assyrian cognate bakru confirms the 'firstborn/young' semantic root behind the name. 5×
AR["باكِر", "لِ-بَكَرَ", "وَ-باكِر", "وَبَاكَرُ"]·ben["আর-বেকর", "ও-বেখর", "বখেরের-জন্য", "বেখরের"]·DE["[בכר]", "[ובכר]", "und-Becher", "zu-Becher"]·EN["Bekher", "and-Becher", "and-Bekher", "to-Becher"]·FR["[בכר]", "[ובכר]", "et-Becher", "à-Becher"]·heb["בכר", "ו-בכר", "ל-בכר"]·HI["और-बेकेर", "और-बेखेर", "बेकेर", "बेकेर-को"]·ID["Bekher", "dan-Bekher", "dari-Bekher"]·IT["[בכר]", "[ובכר]", "a-Becher", "e-Becher"]·jav["Békhèr", "kagem-Bèker", "lan-Beker", "lan-Békhèr"]·KO["그리고-베겔", "그리고-베겔과", "베가-에게", "베겔", "베겔-의"]·PT["Bekher", "de-Bekher", "e-Bekher", "e-Vekher"]·RU["Бехера", "и-Бехер", "от-Бехера"]·ES["Béquer", "de-Béquer", "y-Bejer", "y-Béquer"]·SW["Bekeri", "akamruka-Beka", "kwa-Bekeri", "na-Bekeri"]·TR["-Beker'e", "Beker'in", "ve-Beker"]·urd["اور-بکر", "بکر-سے", "بکر-کے"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† בֶּ֫כֶר n.pr.m. (young camel, Arabic بَكْرٌ, Assyrian bakru Asrb.Annals ix. 65)— 1. son of Ephraim Nu. 26:35 = בֶּרֶד 1 Ch 7:20. 2. son of Benjamin Gn 46:21; 1 Ch 7:6, 8 (בָּ֑כֶר).