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H1062בְּכֹרָהbe.kho.rah

birthrightPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

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Occurrences by book

  1. 6
  2. Exodus: 0
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. 1
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. Judges: 0
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 2 Samuel: 0
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 3
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. Job: 0
  19. Psalms: 0
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. Isaiah: 0
  24. Jeremiah: 0
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. Ezekiel: 0
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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10 occurrences in 9 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Genesis 25:31

    And Jacob said: 'Sell me first thy birth right.'

    בְּכֹֽרָתְךָ֖ (בְּכֹֽרָתְ) be.kho.ra.te. “birthright”

  2. Genesis 25:32

    And Esau said: 'Behold, I am at the point to die; and what profit shall the birthright do to me?'

    בְּכֹרָֽה׃ be.kho.Rah “[is] a birthright”

  3. Genesis 25:33

    And Jacob said: 'Swear to me first'; and he swore unto him; and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.

    בְּכֹרָת֖וֹ (בְּכֹרָת֖) be.kho.ra.T “birthright”

  4. Genesis 25:34

    And Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way. So Esau despised his birthright.

    הַבְּכֹרָֽה׃ (בְּכֹרָֽה) be.kho.Rah “birthright”

  5. Genesis 27:36

    And he said: 'Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing.' And he said: 'Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?'

    בְּכֹרָתִ֣י (בְּכֹרָתִ֣) be.kho.ra.T “birthright”

  6. Genesis 43:33

    And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth; and the men marvelled one with another.

    כִּבְכֹ֣רָת֔וֹ (בְכֹ֣רָת֔) v.Kho.ra.T “birthright”

  7. Deuteronomy 21:17

    but he shall acknowledge the first-born, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath; for he is the first-fruits of his strength, the right of the first-born is his.

    הַבְּכֹרָֽה׃ (בְּכֹרָֽה) be.kho.Rah “birthright”

  8. 1 Chronicles 5:1

    And the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel--for he was the first-born; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's couch, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, yet not so that he was to be reckoned in the genealogy as fir

    בְּכֹ֣רָת֔וֹ (בְּכֹ֣רָת֔) be.Kho.ra.T “birthright”לַבְּכֹרָֽה׃ (בְּכֹרָֽה) be.kho.Rah “birthright”

  9. 1 Chronicles 5:2

    For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came he that is the prince; but the birthright was Joseph's--

    וְהַבְּכֹרָ֖ה (בְּכֹרָ֖ה) be.kho.Rah “birthright”