זָכָר noun masculine &

adjective male (Assyrian zikaru, zikru, COT^Gloss Lyon^{Manual, Gloss}; Arabic ; Aramaic דִּכְרָא, ; Sabean רם[כ]דֿ DHM^{ZMG 1876, 675}; relation to above √ obscure; male as mentioned, talked of, Lane^969f.; from assumed original sense be sharp (traces of this in Arabic: see Lane), Bö^{Prob 207} Fl in ChWB^{i. 422}, compare Arabic male organ; Schw^{ZAW 1891, 176 ff.} **(against Schwally's view see JPeritz^{Woman in the Ancient Hebrew Cult, JBL xvii {1898}, 111 ff}.) from זָכַר = call upon in worship; hence male as competent to worship) — always absolute ׳ז Genesis 1:27 +; plural (ה)זְכָרִים Exodus 13:12 +; see also [זָכוּר]: —

I. substantive male, offspring of men and animals Exodus 13:12,15 (plural, both J E); opposed to נְקֵבָה Deuteronomy 4:16; specifically 1 of men:

a. in phrase אישׁ לְמִשְׁכַב זָכָר אשׁר לא יָָֽדְעָה Judges 21:12 (Bu^{RS 153} Dr^{Intr. 151}), compare Judges 21:11, Numbers 31:17,18,35 (all 3 P); צַלְמֵי זָכָר Ezekiel 16:17.

b. alone = man Jeremiah 30:6 (רְאוּ אִםיֹֿלֵד זָכָ֑ר "" גֶּבֶר); usually collective, men, male persons (of all ages) Judges 21:11; 1 Kings 11:15,16; Genesis 34:25; Leviticus 6:11; Leviticus 6:22; Leviticus 7:6; Numbers 1:2,20,22; Numbers 3:28,34,39; Numbers 18:10; Numbers 26:62; Numbers 31:7,17 (all P); plural (ה)זכרים2Chronicles 31:16; Ezra 8:3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14, so also Joshua 5:4 ("" העם כלֿ, and כלאֿנשׁי המלחמה), Joshua 17:2 (gloss? compare Dr^{Intr. 104}); especially of individual, in connection with circumcision Genesis 17:10,12,14,23; Genesis 34:15,22,24; Exodus 12:48 (all P); of male child Leviticus 12:2 (P) Isaiah 66:7; opposed to נְקֵבָה Genesis 1:27; Genesis 5:2; Leviticus 12:7 (child) Leviticus 15:33; Leviticus 27:3,5,6,7; Numbers 5:3 (all P; compare Sabean אנתֿים פאו דֿ(כ)רם DHM^l.c.); opposed to אִשָּׁה in command ag. sodomy Leviticus 18:22; Leviticus 20:13 (both H).

2 of animals, especially for sacrifice Exodus 34:19 (J E; read הַזָּכָר for ᵑ0 תִּזָּכָר); Exodus 12:5; Leviticus 1:3,10; Leviticus 4:23 (all P) Leviticus 22:19 (H), Malachi 1:14; opposed to נְקֵבָה Genesis 6:19; Genesis 7:3,9,16; Leviticus 3:1,6 (all P).

II. adjective singular male (only human beings) ׳יֻלַּדלְֿךָ בֵּן ז Jeremiah 20:15; ׳כָּלבְּֿכֹר ז Numbers 3:40,43 (both P).

הַזְּכָרִ֔ים הַזְּכָרִ֖ים הַזְּכָרִ֜ים הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ הַזָּכָ֔ר הַזָּכָ֖ר הזכר הזכרים הזכרים׃ זָכָ֑ר זָכָ֔ר זָכָ֕ר זָכָ֖ר זָכָ֗ר זָכָ֛ר זָכָ֜ר זָכָ֞ר זָכָ֣ר זָכָ֥ר זָכָ֨ר זָכָֽר׃ זָכָר֙ זכר זכר׃ לִזְכָרִ֖ים לִזְכָרִ֗ים לַזָּכָ֖ר לזכר לזכרים מִזָּכָ֤ר מזכר haz·zā·ḵār haz·zə·ḵā·rîm hazzaChar hazzāḵār hazzechaRim hazzəḵārîm laz·zā·ḵār lazzaChar lazzāḵār liz·ḵā·rîm lizchaRim lizḵārîm miz·zā·ḵār mizzaChar mizzāḵār zā·ḵār zaChar zāḵārInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts