ba.khar marks assigning or coming forth as firstborn, including a first child and the first produce of a tree.

The verb is used for treating someone or something as firstborn in inheritance and animal ownership, and for coming forth first in childbirth or fruit production. The supplied forms show this firstness applied both to legal designation and to the emergence of a child or produce.

1. Assign or stand as firstborn · dominant

   In Deuteronomy 21:16, the Piel infinitive construct occurs in the prohibition against treating the loved son's son as firstborn ahead of the hated son's firstborn. In Leviticus 27:26, the Pual imperfect occurs where an animal's firstborn status already places it with the LORD; the APB renders the verse with “consecrate the firstborn of animals.”

   Deuteronomy 21:16Leviticus 27:26
2. Bring forth first · common

   In Jeremiah 4:31, the Hiphil active participle describes distress like a woman “bringing forth her first child.” In Ezekiel 47:12, the Piel imperfect appears in the description of food trees whose fruit continues according to the months; the APB renders the clause “it shall bear fruit.”

   Jeremiah 4:31Ezekiel 47:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the first cluster through “firstborn” language and the second through “bringing forth her first child” and “bear fruit.”, “bear fruit” in Ezekiel 47:12 confirms the verse's fruit-producing setting without isolating the term's exact English equivalent.