בַּבֹּקֶר הַשְׁכֵּים
Properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning · literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e. to start early in the morning
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בֹּקֶר H1242 properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
שָׁכַם H7925 literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e. to start early in the morning
What does בַּבֹּקֶר הַשְׁכֵּים (babboqer hashkem) mean in the Bible?
בֹּקֶר · שָׁכַם is a Hebrew word meaning "early in the morning, rising early at daybreak".
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Meaning
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Hebrew Verb Forms
How this verb appears across 23 occurrences in the Hebrew OT (OSHB Leningrad Codex).
Aspect in Hebrew reflects grammatical form, not tense. "Perfect" (Perfective) typically denotes completed action; "Imperfect" (Imperfective) denotes incomplete or ongoing action. Stem modifies the action type (Qal=simple, Niphal=passive, Piel=intensive, etc.).
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