zachar · male

What it means

zachar (זָכָר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “male”.

A man, or a male animal.

How to say it

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. A person of the male sex, man or boy.
2. An animal of the male sex, as required for certain sacrifices.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Word study

Male, of people or of animals. It is the word that pairs with נְקֵבָה, “female”.

• “Male and female he created them” Genesis 1:27
• The animals of the ark, male and female Genesis 6:19
• “Every male among you shall be circumcised” Genesis 17:10Exodus 12:48
• The male for the sacrifice Leviticus 1:3
• Males in censuses and laws Numbers 3:15Leviticus 12:2

How we translate it

“Male” 64 times and “males” 18, for people and for animals (“a male without defect”, Leviticus 1:3). It goes with “female” (Genesis 1:27) and is kept apart from אִישׁ, “man” (H376).

How it is translated

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

• male ×64
• males ×18

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Genesis×14
• Exodus×4
• Leviticus×18
• Numbers×18
• Deuteronomy×2
• Joshua×2
• Judges×3
• 1 Kings×2
• 2 Chronicles×2
• Ezra×12
• Isaiah×1
• Jeremiah×2
• Ezekiel×1
• Malachi×1

• Genesis 1:27

  And Elohim created the human being in his image; in the image of Elohim he created him; male and female he created them.

• Genesis 5:2

  Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and called their name “Human Being” in the day they were created.

• Genesis 6:19

  And of every living thing, of all flesh, two of every kind you shall bring into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.

• Genesis 7:3

  also of the birds of the sky seven and seven, male and female, to keep offspring alive on the face of all the earth.

• Genesis 7:9

  two and two they came to Noah into the ark, male and female, as Elohim had commanded Noah.

• Genesis 7:16

  And those that came, male and female of all flesh, came as Elohim had commanded him; and YHWH shut the door behind him.

• Genesis 17:10

  This is my covenant which you will keep, between me and you and your offspring after you: every male among you shall be circumcised.

• Genesis 17:12

  At the age of eight days every male among you shall be circumcised throughout your generations, the one born in the house and the one bought with silver from any foreigner who is not of your offspring.

• Genesis 17:14

  But an uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.”

• Genesis 17:23

  Then Abraham took Ishmael his son and all those born in his house and all those bought with his silver, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on that very day, as Elohim had told him.

• Genesis 34:15

  Only on this condition will we consent to you: if you become like us, by circumcising every male among you.

• Genesis 34:22

  Only on this condition will the men consent to us to dwell with us, to become one people: when every male among us is circumcised as they are circumcised.

• Genesis 34:24

  All who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor and to Shechem his son, and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.

• Genesis 34:25

  It happened on the third day, while they were in pain, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, brothers of Dinah, took each his sword and came upon the city, which was unsuspecting, and killed every male.

• Exodus 12:5

  Your lamb shall be without defect, a male, a year old; from the sheep or from the goats you shall take it.

• Exodus 12:48

  If a resident alien resides with you and would keep the Passover to YHWH, let all his males be circumcised; then he may come near to keep it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised man shall eat of it.

• Exodus 13:12

  you shall dedicate to YHWH every first offspring of the womb, and every first offspring of the young of animals that you have; the males shall be YHWH’s.

• Exodus 13:15

  When Pharaoh hardened himself against letting us go, YHWH killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of people and the firstborn of animals. That is why I sacrifice to YHWH every first offspring of the womb that is male, but every firstborn of my sons I ransom.’

• Leviticus 1:3

  If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall present a male without defect; at the entrance of the tent of meeting he shall present it, for his acceptance before YHWH.

• Leviticus 1:10

  And if his offering is from the flock, from the lambs or from the goats, for a burnt offering, he shall present a male without defect.

• Leviticus 3:1

  And if his offering is a sacrifice of peace, if he presents it from the herd, whether male or female, he shall present it without defect before YHWH.

• Leviticus 3:6

  And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace to YHWH is from the flock, male or female, he shall present it without defect.

• Leviticus 4:23

  or his sin that he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring as his offering a male goat without defect.

• Leviticus 6:18

  Every male among the sons of Aaron may eat it, as a statute forever throughout your generations, from the fire offerings of YHWH. Whatever touches them will become holy.”

• Leviticus 6:29

  Every male among the priests may eat it; it is a most holy thing.

• Leviticus 7:6

  Every male among the priests may eat it; it shall be eaten in a holy place; it is a most holy thing.

• Leviticus 12:2

  “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying: When a woman conceives and gives birth to a male, she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of the menstruation of her infirmity she shall be unclean.

• Leviticus 12:7

  He shall present it before YHWH and make expiation for her, and she will be clean from the flow of her blood. This is the instruction for her who gives birth to a male or a female.

• Leviticus 15:33

  and for the woman who is ill with her menstruation, and for the one who has his discharge, whether male or female, and for a man who lies with an unclean woman.

• Leviticus 18:22

  And you shall not lie with a male as one lies with a woman; it is an abomination.

• Leviticus 20:13

  And a man who lies with a male as one lies with a woman, both of them have done an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is on them.

• Leviticus 22:19

  it shall be for your acceptance: a male without defect from the herd, from the sheep, or from the goats.

• Leviticus 27:3

  the valuation of a male from twenty years old up to sixty years old shall be a valuation of fifty shekels of silver, by the shekel of the sanctuary.

• Leviticus 27:5

  And if from five years old up to twenty years old, the valuation of the male shall be twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

• Leviticus 27:6

  And if from a month old up to five years old, the valuation of the male shall be five shekels of silver, and for the female the valuation shall be three shekels of silver.

• Leviticus 27:7

  And if from sixty years old and upward, if a male, the valuation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

• Numbers 1:2

  “Take a census of the whole community of the sons of Israel by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, every male, head by head.

• Numbers 1:20

  The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, everyone who went out to the army:

• Numbers 1:22

  Of the sons of Simeon, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, those of them counted, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, everyone who went out to the army:

• Numbers 3:15

  “Count the sons of Levi by their fathers’ houses, by their families; every male from a month old and upward you shall count.”

And 42 more times.