# \*bkr: 'to be early, be first; first fruits, early crop'

> Proto-Semitic *bkr, 'to be early, be first; first fruits, early crop': reflexes in 9 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*bkr |
| Meaning | 'to be early, be first; first fruits, early crop' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew | bkr (HALOT 130 apud SEDonline 1832); bikkūrīm (HALOT 130 apud SEDonline 1832); bkyr (DNWSI 164) | HALOT 130; SEDonline 1832; DNWSI 164 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | JPA bwkrh (DJPA 87 apud SEDonline 1832); JBA bakkīr (DJBA 220 apud SEDonline 1832) | DJPA 87; SEDonline 1832; DJBA 220 | gloss withheld |
| Aramaic | CPA bkwry (DCPA 49 apud SEDonline 1832) | SEDonline 1832 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | bkr (LSyr. 73, SL 126 apud SEDonline 1832); bakkārā (LSyr. 73, SL 126 apud SEDonline 1832) | LSyr. 73, SL 126; SEDonline 1832 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | bkr (Lane 239 apud SEDonline 1832) | Lane 239; SEDonline 1832 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab. bkr (SD 28 apud SEDonline 1832) | SD 28; SEDonline 1832 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | bakūr: ba-ku-ra-tum (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 115) | Sanmartín GlOS 1, 115 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | ba-ga-lu(-um) (VE 243; Krebernik 1983, 13) | VE 243; Krebernik 1983, 13 | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic bkr (Al-Jallad 2026, 28) | Al-Jallad 2026 28 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

PS \*bkr 'to be early' (EDA I 156, ◊P0255; SEDonline 1832). Arb. bakar-, bukrat- 'early morning', bākūrat- 'the first of fruit' (Lane 239). Cf. 3148 \*bVkVr- 'firstborn'. Hajouz 2013, 163 reads VE 243 ba-ga-lu-um as /bakkāru(m)/ 'early', where Krebernik 1983, 13 has 'first-fruit offering'.

## Linked from

- [B](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/b/index.md>)

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