בָּקַר (b. h.; √בק , v. בקע) to enter into, to clear, split; whence 1) (= בער) to eat up. Denom. בָּקָר (= בְּעִיר). —2) (= בער) to break forth, shine. Denom. בֹּקֶר.
Pi. - בִּיקֵּר, בִּקֵּר (b. h.) 1) to enter into, examine, search, distinguish (cmp. בִּין). Keth. 106ᵃ מְבַקְּרֵי מומין those entrusted with the examination of sacrificial animals. Y. Bets. II, 61ᶜ top ובִיקְּרָן ממומן and had them examined (and declared free) from bodily defects. Ḥag. 9ᵇ אין אומרים בַּקְּרוּ וכ׳ we do not say, Examine ye a camel, a swine &c. (i.e. only the deeds of distinguished persons are scrutinized); a. fr.—Part. pass. מְבוּקָּר examined and found fit. Y. Ber. IV, 7ᵇ top טליים מְבוּקָּרִים lambs which passed examination. —2) to inquire after one’s health, to visit the sick. Ned. IV, 4 (38ᵇ). ונכנס לְבַקְּרוֹ and comes to see him. Snh. 68ᵃ; a. v. fr. [Ruth. R. to II, 15, v. infra.]
Hithpa. - הִתְבַּקֵּר, , Nithpa. נִתְבַּקֵּר 1) to be examined. Gen. R. s. 81 פנקסו נִתְבַּקְּרָה his account is examined (his sins visited); Tanḥ. Vayishlaḥ 8 מִתְבַּקֶּרֶת. Gen. R. s. 84, read with Yalk. Gen. 141 נתב׳ פנקסי my account &c. 2) to be visited, attended to. Num. R. s. 18 as all sick persons מִתְבַּקְּרִין are tended (by physicians).
Hif. - הִבְקִיר (Y. Dial. for הִפְקִיר, v. פָּקַר; v. next w.) to give free, to resign ownership, to declare a property ownerless. Y. Ned. IV, 38ᵈ; Y. Peah V, beg. 19ᵇ [read:] כיון שאדם מַבְקִיר דבר יצא מרשותו as soon as one declares a thing to be free, it has gone out of his control; Y. Dem. III, 23ᵇ bot. כיון שאדם מ׳ … ויצא … הבקירו הבקר as soon as one gives a thing free and it has left his possession, his act is valid; a. fr. [Ruth. R. to II, 15 מבקר, מבדר, prob. מבקיר; v. בָּדַר.]