H0977–בָּחַר–ba.char

For the Lord has taken Jacob for himself, and Israel for his property.

בָּחַ֣ר ba.Char “he has chosen”

For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:

בָחָֽרוּ׃ va.Cha.ru “they chose”

Have no envy of the violent man, or take any of his ways as an example.

תִּ֝בְחַ֗ר tiv.Char “you choose”

Take my teaching, and not silver; get knowledge in place of the best gold.

נִבְחָֽר׃ niv.Char “chosen”

My fruit is better than gold, even than the best gold; and my increase is more to be desired than silver.

נִבְחָֽר׃ niv.Char “chosen”

The tongue of the upright man is like tested silver: the heart of the evil-doer is of little value.

נִ֭בְחָר Niv.chor “chosen”

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver.

נִבְחָ֥ר niv.Char “[is to be] chosen”

To do what is right and true is more pleasing to the Lord than an offering.

נִבְחָ֖ר niv.Char “[is] chosen”

A good name is more to be desired than great wealth, and to be respected is better than silver and gold.

נִבְחָ֣ר niv.Char “[is to be] chosen”

His legs are as pillars of stone on a base of delicate gold; his looks are as Lebanon, beautiful as the cedar-tree.

בָּח֖וּר ba.Chur “chosen”

For you will be put to shame because of the trees of your desire, and because of the gardens of your pleasure.

בְּחַרְתֶּֽם׃ be.char.Tem “you have chosen”

Butter and honey will be his food, when he is old enough to make a decision between evil and good.

וּבָח֥וֹר (בָח֥וֹר) va.Chor “to choose”

For before the child is old enough to make a decision between evil and good, the land whose two kings you are now fearing will have become waste.

וּבָחֹ֣ר (בָחֹ֣ר) va.Chor “to choose”

For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will again make Israel his special people, and will put them in their land; and the man from a strange country will take his place among them and be joined to the family of Jacob.

וּבָחַ֥ר (בָחַ֥ר) va.Char “he will choose”

The wise workman makes selection of the mulberry-tree of the offering, a wood which will not become soft; so that the image may be fixed to it and not be moved.

יִבְחָ֑ר yiv.Char “he chooses”

But as for you, Israel, my servant, and you, Jacob, whom I have taken for myself, the seed of Abraham my friend:

בְּחַרְתִּ֑יךָ (בְּחַרְתִּ֑י) be.char.Ti. “I have chosen”

You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and sent for from its farthest parts, saying to you, You are my servant, whom I have taken for myself, and whom I have not given up:

בְּחַרְתִּ֖יךָ (בְּחַרְתִּ֖י) be.char.Ti. “I have chosen”

But you are nothing, and your work is of no value: foolish is he who takes you for his gods.

יִבְחַ֥ר yiv.Char “[one who] he chooses”

You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and my servant whom I have taken for myself: so that you may see and have faith in me, and that it may be clear to you that I am he; before me there was no God formed, and there will not be after me.

בָּחָ֑רְתִּי ba.Cha.re.ti “I have chosen”

And now, give ear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel whom I have taken for myself:

בָּחַ֥רְתִּי ba.Char.ti “[whom] I have chosen”

The Lord who made you, forming you in your mother's body, the Lord, your helper, says, Have no fear, O Jacob my servant, and you, Jeshurun, whom I have taken for myself.

בָּחַ֥רְתִּי ba.Char.ti “[whom] I have chosen”

See, I have been testing you for myself like silver; I have put you through the fire of trouble.

בְּחַרְתִּ֖יךָ (בְּחַרְתִּ֖י) be.char.Ti. “I have chosen”

The Lord who takes up Israel's cause, even his Holy One, says to him whom men make sport of, who is hated by the nations, a servant of rulers: Kings will see and get up from their places, and chiefs will give worship: because of the Lord who keeps faith;

וַיִּבְחָרֶֽךָּ׃ (יִּבְחָרֶֽ) i.yiv.cha.Re. “he has chosen”

For the Lord says, As for the unsexed who keep my Sabbaths, and give their hearts to pleasing me, and keep their agreement with me:

וּבָֽחֲר֖וּ (בָֽחֲר֖וּ) va.cha.Ru “they choose”

Have I given orders for such a day as this? a day for keeping yourselves from pleasure? is it only a question of the bent head, of putting on haircloth, and being seated in the dust? is this what seems to you a holy day, well-pleasing to the Lord?

אֶבְחָרֵ֔הוּ (אֶבְחָרֵ֔) 'ev.cha.Re. “[which] I choose”