בֹּקֶר
bōqer

Hebrew noun

Last edited: 2024-11-25
Primary meaning morning
Literal translation morning
Variants
בֹּקֶר bōqer
Edited by
morning time interval

וַיִּקְרָ֨א אֱלֹהִ֤ים ׀ לָאוֹר֙ י֔וֹם וְלַחֹ֖שֶׁךְ קָ֣רָא לָ֑יְלָה וַֽיְהִי־עֶ֥רֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹ֖קֶר י֥וֹם אֶחָֽד׃ {פ}

wayyiqrāʾ ʾĕlōhîm  lāʾôr yôm wəlaḥōšek̲ qārāʾ lāyəlāh wayhî-ʿereb̲ wayhî-b̲ōqer yôm ʾeḥād̲.

‘God called the light Day and called the darkness Night. And there was evening and there was morning, a first day.’

— Genesis 1 5

Genre: religious text
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). בֹּקֶר (Lemma #2568). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2568/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). בֹּקֶר (Lemma #2568). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2568/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). בֹּקֶר (Lemma #2568). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2568/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) בֹּקֶר (Lemma #2568), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2568/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2568,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {בֹּקֶר ({Lemma} #2568)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2568/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2568/},
}