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בֹּקֶר

boker · morning

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1242 · appears 214 times in the Bible

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What it means

boker (בֹּקֶר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “morning”.

Dawn.

How to say it

bo·ker

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. The first hours of the day, when light comes.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Word study

Morning. BDB defines it as morning, and also the next day.

Historical and cultural background

In Genesis 1 each day closes by naming first the evening and then the morning: “there was evening and there was morning”.

How we translate it

“Morning” 213 times, “mornings” 1. According to the construction: “in the morning”, “every morning”. With the verb הִשְׁכִּים it forms “rose early in the morning”.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • morning ×213
  • mornings ×1

Related words

Comes from

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Genesis 1:5

    And Elohim called the light “Day,” and the darkness he called “Night.” And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

  • Genesis 1:8

    And Elohim called the vault “Heavens.” And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

  • Genesis 1:13

    And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

  • Genesis 1:19

    And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

  • Genesis 1:23

    And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

  • Genesis 1:31

    And Elohim saw everything that he had made, and look, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

  • Genesis 19:27

    Abraham rose early in the morning and went to the place where he had stood before YHWH.

  • Genesis 20:8

    So Abimelech rose early in the morning and called all his servants and told all these things in their ears; and the men were very afraid.

  • Genesis 21:14

    Abraham rose early in the morning, took bread and a skin of water, and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder, and also the child, and sent her away. She went and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

  • Genesis 22:3

    Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. He split the wood for the burnt offering, and he rose and went to the place that Elohim had told him.

  • Genesis 24:54

    He and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent the night. When they rose in the morning, he said, “Send me away to my lord.”

  • Genesis 26:31

    They rose early in the morning and swore one to another; and Isaac sent them away, and they went from him in peace.

  • Genesis 28:18

    Jacob rose early in the morning, took the stone that he had put at his head, set it up as a standing stone, and poured oil on its top.

  • Genesis 29:25

    In the morning, look, she was Leah! And he said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Was it not for Rachel that I served with you? Why have you deceived me?”

  • Genesis 31:55

    Laban rose early in the morning, kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them. Then Laban went and returned to his place.

  • Genesis 40:6

    Joseph came to them in the morning and saw them, and look, they were downcast.

  • Genesis 41:8

    In the morning his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dream, but there was no one who could interpret them for Pharaoh.

  • Genesis 44:3

    As the morning dawned, the men were sent off, they and their donkeys.

  • Genesis 49:27

    Benjamin is a wolf that tears; in the morning he devours the prey, and at evening he divides the spoil.”

  • Exodus 7:15

    Go to Pharaoh in the morning; look, he is going out to the water. Station yourself to meet him on the bank of the Nile, and the staff that was turned into a serpent you shall take in your hand.

  • Exodus 8:20

    YHWH said to Moses, “Rise early in the morning and station yourself before Pharaoh; look, he is going out to the water. And say to him, ‘Thus says YHWH: “Let my people go, that they may serve me.

  • Exodus 9:13

    YHWH said to Moses, “Rise early in the morning and station yourself before Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says YHWH, the Elohim of the Hebrews: “Let my people go, that they may serve me.

  • Exodus 10:13

    So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and YHWH drove an east wind over the land all that day and all the night; when it was morning, the east wind had brought the locusts.

  • Exodus 12:10

    You shall not leave any of it until morning; and what is left of it until morning you shall burn in the fire.

  • Exodus 12:22

    Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the bowl, and touch the lintel and the two doorposts with some of the blood that is in the bowl. As for you, none shall go out of the door of his house until morning.

  • Exodus 14:24

    In the morning watch, YHWH looked down on the camp of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and threw into confusion the camp of the Egyptians.

  • Exodus 14:27

    Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned as morning appeared to its normal flow; and the Egyptians, fleeing, met it; and YHWH shook off the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

  • Exodus 16:7

    and in the morning you will see the glory of YHWH, because he has heard your grumblings against YHWH. And as for us, what are we that you grumble against us?”

  • Exodus 16:8

    Moses said, “This will happen when YHWH gives you in the evening meat to eat and bread in the morning to the full, because YHWH has heard your grumblings that you grumble against him. As for us, what are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against YHWH.”

  • Exodus 16:12

    “I have heard the grumblings of the sons of Israel. Speak to them, saying, ‘At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread; and you shall know that I am YHWH your Elohim.’ ”

  • Exodus 16:13

    In the evening quail came up and covered the camp; and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.

  • Exodus 16:19

    Moses said to them, “Let no one leave any of it until morning.”

  • Exodus 16:20

    But they did not listen to Moses; some men left some of it until morning, and it bred worms and stank; and Moses was angry with them.

  • Exodus 16:21

    They gathered it morning by morning, each according to what he could eat; and when the sun grew hot, it melted.

  • Exodus 16:23

    He said to them, “This is what YHWH has said: ‘Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to YHWH. What you will bake, bake; and what you will boil, boil; and all that is left over put aside for yourselves to be kept until morning.’ ”

  • Exodus 16:24

    So they put it aside until morning, as Moses had commanded, and it did not stink, and there were no worms in it.

  • Exodus 18:13

    The next day Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from morning until evening.

  • Exodus 18:14

    When Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said, “What is this thing that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone, while all the people stand around you from morning until evening?”

  • Exodus 19:16

    On the third day, when morning came, there were thunders and lightnings and a heavy cloud on the mountain, and the sound of a horn, very loud; and all the people who were in the camp trembled.

  • Exodus 23:18

    You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread, and the fat of my feast shall not remain until morning.

And 174 more times.