Lexicon entry · Hebrew
H0977בָּחַרba.char
to choosePart of speech: Hebrew Verb
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171 occurrences in 163 verses
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And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose; and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.
יִבְחַ֛ר yiv.Char “he will choose”
And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within they gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are in the midst of thee,
יִבְחַר֙ yiv.Char “he will choose”
Seven days shalt thou keep a feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose; because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the work of thy hands, and thou shalt be altogether joyful.
יִבְחַ֣ר yiv.Char “he will choose”
Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which He shall choose; on the feast of unleavened bread, and on the feast of weeks, and on the feast of tabernacles; and they shall not appear before the LORD empty;
יִבְחָ֔ר yiv.Char “he will choose”
If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, even matters of controversy within thy gates; then shalt thou arise, and get thee up unto the place which the LORD thy G
יִבְחַ֛ר yiv.Char “he will choose”
And thou shalt do according to the tenor of the sentence, which they shall declare unto thee from that place which the LORD shall choose; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they shall teach thee.
יִבְחַ֣ר yiv.Char “he will choose”
thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose; one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee; thou mayest not put a foreigner over thee, who is not thy brother.
יִבְחַ֛ר yiv.Char “he will choose”
For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.
בָּחַ֛ר ba.Char “he has chosen”
And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourneth, and come with all the desire of his soul unto the place which the LORD shall choose;
יִבְחַ֥ר yiv.Char “he will choose”
And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near--for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto Him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and according to their word shall every controversy and every stroke be.
בָּחַ֞ר ba.Char “he has chosen”
he shall dwell with thee, in the midst of thee, in the place which he shall choose within one of thy gates, where it liketh him best; thou shalt not wrong him.
יִבְחַ֛ר yiv.Char “he will choose”
that thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which thou shalt bring in from thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee; and thou shalt put it in a basket and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to cause His na
יִבְחַר֙ yiv.Char “he will choose”
I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse; therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed;
וּבָֽחַרְתָּ֙ (בָֽחַרְתָּ֙) va.char.Ta “you will choose”
when all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which He shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.
יִבְחָ֑ר yiv.Char “he will choose”
So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai; and Joshua chose out thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valour, and sent them forth by night.
וַיִּבְחַ֣ר (יִּבְחַ֣ר) i.yiv.Char “he chose”
And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, unto this day, in the place which He should choose.
יִבְחָֽר׃ yiv.Char “he will choose”
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve
בַּחֲר֨וּ ba.cha.Ru “choose”
And Joshua said unto the people: 'Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve Him. --And they said: 'We are witnesses.'--
בְּחַרְתֶּ֥ם be.char.Tem “you have chosen”
They chose new gods; then was war in the gates; was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
יִבְחַר֙ yiv.Char “it chose”
Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.'
בְּחַרְתֶּ֖ם be.char.Tem “you have chosen”
And the children of Benjamin numbered on that day out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who numbered seven hundred chosen men.
בָּחֽוּר׃ ba.Chur “chosen”
All this people, even seven hundred chosen men, were left-handed; every one could sling stones at a hair-breadth, and not miss.
בָּח֔וּר ba.Chur “chosen”
And there came over against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore; but they knew not that evil was close upon them.
בָּחוּר֙ ba.Chur “chosen”
And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be My priest, to go up unto Mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before Me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?
וּבָחֹ֣ר (בָחֹ֣ר) va.Chor “I chose”
And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not answer you in that day.'
בְּחַרְתֶּ֖ם be.char.Tem “you have chosen”