בחור
Hebrew
Etymology
From בחר (“chose, select”), hence literally "chosen" or "selected".
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Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /baˈχuʁ/
- (Mizrahi Hebrew) IPA(key): /baˈħur/
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈbɔχər/
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Noun
בָּחוּר • (bakhúr) m (plural indefinite בַּחוּרִים, feminine counterpart בַּחוּרָה)
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) guy, boy
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) youth (countable), young man
- (Jewish law) a young man over 13 who is required to perform mitzvoth but has never married
Synonyms
Derived terms
- בחור ישיבה
Descendants
See also
- ילד (yéled)
Further reading
H970 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Anagrams
Yiddish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (YIVO, Northeastern) IPA(key): /ˈbɔχəʁ/
- (Poylish) IPA(key): /ˈbuχəʁ/
Noun
בחור • (bokher) m, plural בחורים (bokherem)
Synonyms
- (young man): יונגער־מאַן (yunger-man)
Derived terms
- בחורווײַז (bokhervayz)
- ישיבֿה־בחור (yeshive-bokher)