בחור

From בחר‎ (“chose, select”), hence literally "chosen" or "selected".

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• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /baˈχuʁ/
• (Mizrahi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /baˈħur/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔχər/

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בָּחוּר • (bakhúr) m (plural indefinite בַּחוּרִים‎, feminine counterpart בַּחוּרָה‎)

1. (Modern Israeli) guy, boy
2. (Modern Israeli) youth (countable), young man
3. (Jewish law) a young man over 13 who is required to perform mitzvoth but has never married

• נער‎
• עלם‎

• בחור ישיבה‎

• → English: bochur
• → Lithuanian: bachūras
• → Polish: bachor
• Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• ילד‎ (yéled)

H970 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

• רחוב‎

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔχəʁ/

בחור • (bokher) m, plural בחורים‎ (bokherem)

1. young man, youngster; bachelor

• (young man): יונגער־מאַן‎ (yunger-man)

• בחורווײַז‎ (bokhervayz)
• ישיבֿה־בחור‎ (yeshive-bokher)

• → Dutch: broger
• → German: Bocher