Hebrew word · H1071

בֶּ֫כֶר

vakher

Becher

Appears 5 times in 4 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.21;

son of: Benjamin (H1144);

brother of: Bela (H1106A), Ashbel (H0788), Gera (H1617), Naaman (H5283), Ehi (H0278), Rosh (H7220), Muppim (H4649), Huppim (H2650H), Ard (H0714), Ahiram (H0297) and Jediael (H3043);

father of: Zemirah (H2160), Joash (H3135), Eliezer (H0461I), Elioenai (H0454I), Omri (H6018H), Jeremoth (H3406H), Abijah (H0029K), Anathoth (H6068H) and Alemeth (H5964H)

§ Becher = "young camel"

1) a son of Ephraim

2) a son of Benjamin

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Genesis · 1

  1. Genesis 46:21 וָבֶ֙כֶר֙ and Beker

    The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.

Numbers · 1

  1. Numbers 26:35 לְבֶ֕כֶר of Beker

    These were the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: The Shuthelahite clan from Shuthelah, the Becherite clan from Becher, and the Tahanite clan from Tahan.

1 Chronicles · 3

  1. 1 Chronicles 7:6 וָבֶ֛כֶר and Beker

    The three sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael.

  2. 1 Chronicles 7:8 בֶ֗כֶר בָֽכֶר׃ Beker

    The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth; all these were Becher’s sons.

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