*bVḥVr-: 'choose'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*bVḥVr-
Meaning	'choose'
Basis	SED
SED	SEDonline semet 1091

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Akkadian	bêru (CAD B 212); bēru (CAD B 207)	CAD B 212; CAD B 207	gloss withheld
Hebrew	bḥr; baḥar 'choose' (BDB 103)	BDB 103
Epigraphic South Arabian	bḥr (Sabaweb lemma 3927)	Sabaweb lemma 3927	gloss withheld
Aramaic	(Palest) bǝhar; BḤR (Aramaic Root Atlas; Qumran 32 apud CAL); bḥyr	Aramaic Root Atlas; CAL; Anderson–Moser 2024 root bḥīr	gloss withheld
Amorite	bḥr: jabḥar, baḥīrum, baḥūrum, biḥīrum (Gelb AS 21, 16); yubḥar (Buck 2019, 325); b-ḥ-r: ia-ab-ḫa-ru-um, ia-ab-ḫa-ar-ᵈIM, ta-ab-ḫar-ba-al (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 113)	Gelb AS 21 16; Buck 2019, 325; Sanmartín GlOS 1, 113	gloss withheld
Eblaitic	ba-ʔà-lum/lu-um /b-ḥ-r/ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 113); ba-ʔà-lu-um = Sum. igi-zàg (VE 701; Civil 2017, 122), /baḥārum/ (G inf.) (Hajouz 2013, 159)	Sanmartín GlOS 1, 113; VE 701; Civil 2017, 122; Hajouz 2013, 159	gloss withheld
Ugaritic	*/biḥīru/, pl. bound /biḥīrū/ (UVST 112–113)	UVST 112–113	gloss withheld
Emar	/biḥr/: names bi-iʔ-ri, bi₄-iḫ-ri (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 113)	Sanmartín GlOS 1, 113	gloss withheld

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Notes

NB beḫēru 'to select; to levy (troops)' is an Aramaic loan (CAD B 186).

Updated 22 October 2026

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