Lexicon
בֶּ֫כֶר
be.kher
H1071
N:N-M-P Hebrew

Becher

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be.kher is a proper name used for a person named among ancestral and clan lines.

The attested forms are all tagged as proper nouns and identify a person within genealogical listings: a son of Benjamin in Genesis 46:21 and 1 Chronicles 7:6, a father of listed descendants in 1 Chronicles 7:8, and an Ephraimite ancestor associated with a clan in Numbers 26:35.

Senses in use

  1. Personal name in genealogical lines · dominant

    All occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper. In Genesis 46:21 and 1 Chronicles 7:6, the form occurs among the sons of Benjamin; the APB renders the lists with “Becher.” In 1 Chronicles 7:8, two forms occur in the statement that named sons are “the sons of Becher,” while Numbers 26:35 places the name in Ephraim’s clan list.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as “Becher” in each cited genealogical context, including the list of his sons in 1 Chronicles 7:8. The verse is read as a whole, but its lists and family statements confirm the proper-name use shown by the morphology.

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