בָּכַר (b. h.; √בך, v. בכי, cmp. בָּקַר) [to break forth,] to be early. [Kal prob. not used.]
Pi. - בִּיכֵּר 1) to be early, produce first fruits. Tanḥ. Vayḥi 14; Gen. R. s. 99 מְבַכֶּרֶת (פירותיה) has early crops, opp. מלקשת, מאפלת. [Ib. end מבכרין מפירותיהם read מכבדין, v. כָּבַד.] —2) to bear for the first time (of animals). Bekh. I, 3 sq. שלא בִיכְּרָה that never before had given birth; a. fr. —3) (neut. v.) to be first in ripening. Bicc. III, 1 and sees תאנה שבִּכְּרָה a fig which is first ripe, אשכול שביכר a cluster of grapes which &c. Y. Maasr. I, 49ᵃ top משיְבַכֵּר צמייא וכ׳, v. צמייא. Ib. משבִּיכֵּירוּ בנות שבע, v. בְּרַת. Ib. בִּיכֵּירוּ, משיְבַכְּרוּ (v. בָּחַל as to spelling). —4) (b. h.) to recognize as first-born (בכור). B. Bath. 130ᵃ sq.
Hif. - הִבְכִּיר same. Bekh. III, 2 המַבְכִּירוֹת those animals which have given birth for the first time.
Hithpa. - הִתְבַּכֵּר tohasten. Yalk. Gen. 161 שהיא מִתְבַּכֶּרֶת בפירותיה, v. supra.