בַּחוּרִ֣ים

𐤁𐤇𐤅𐤓𐤉𐤌

bachurim

of young men

or בָּחֻר; participle passive of בָּחַר; properly, selected, i.e. a youth (often collective); (choice) young (man), chosen, [idiom] hole.

H970

Proverbs 20:29 · Word #2

Lexicon H970

Lemmaבָּחוּר
Lemma (Paleo)𐤁𐤇𐤅𐤓
Transliterationbâchûwr
Strong'sH970
In-contextof young men

Morphology HNcmpa All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype c — Common — Common noun
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number p — Plural — Plural
State a — Absolute — The noun stands independently

SIBI-P1 H970-05

chosen young men

Rootבחר (b-ḥ-r)
Core Meaningsto choose, select, pick out, prefer
Semantic Rangeyoung men; selected youths; able-bodied men; choice warriors; prime or elite men
Conceptual SignificanceThe term reflects the cultural view of young men as the “chosen” or prime members of society—those in the fullness of strength and suitability for service, labor, or warfare—linking physical vigor with the root concept of being selected.
Morphological NotesMasculine plural absolute noun/participle from בָּחוּר, itself a passive participle of בחר; functions substantivally to denote a class of persons (young men).
Rendering Rationaleבַּחוּרִים is the masculine plural form of the passive participle of בחר (“to choose”), used substantively. Rendering it as “chosen young men” preserves both the root idea of selection and the masculine plural sense indicated by the morphology.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root בחר (to choose, select, pick out, prefer)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H977-01 bachar he has chosen
H977-02 bachareta you have selected
H977-03 bachareti I have selected
H977-04 bacharu they tested and chose
H2750-01 bachori choosing-of
H977-05 bachur chosen young man
H970-01 bachurayv his chosen young men
H970-02 bachurey chosen young men of
H970-03 bachureyhem their chosen young men
H970-04 bachureykhem your chosen young men
H977-06 bechar you have chosen
H977-07 becharetem you men have selected
H977-08 becharetikha I have selected you (masculine singular)
H972-01 bechirayv his select men
bechiri my chosen one
H977-09 bechurey selected men of
H977-10 evachar I will choose
H977-11 evechar I will select
H977-12 evecharah Let me select
H977-13 evecharehu I will choose him
H970-06 habachurim the chosen young men
H977-14 habocher the chooser
H980-01 mibachurim from Chosen-Young-Men (Bahurim)
H4005-01 mivechar choice-portion of
H977-15 nivechar the chosen one
H977-16 nivecharah let us choose
H977-17 tivechar you (masculine singular) shall choose
H4005-02 umivechar and choice-of
H977-18 uvachar and he chose
H977-19 uvachareta and you have selected
H977-20 uvachareti and I have selected
H977-21 uvacharu and they selected
H977-22 uvachor and choose!
H970-07 uvachuray and my chosen young men
H977-23 vachar he has chosen
H977-24 vachareti I selected
H977-25 vacharu they selected
H970-08 vachur chosen one
H970-09 vachureyha her chosen young-men
H977-26 vaevechar and I chose
H977-27 vativechar and she chose
H977-28 vayivechar and he selected
H977-29 vayivecharekha and he selected you
H972-02 vechiray my chosen ones
H977-30 venivechar and he was chosen
H977-31 vetivechar and you will choose
H2984-01 veyivechar and He-Chooses
H977-32 veyivecharu and let them choose
H977-33 vocher one who selects
H977-34 yivechar he selects
H977-35 yvchr he will carefully select

Word Usage (46 occurrences of H970)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Deuteronomy 32:25 בָּחוּר֙ bachur young man
Judges 14:10 הַ/בַּחוּרִֽים habachurim the young men
1 Samuel 8:16 בַּחוּרֵי/כֶ֧ם bachureykhem young-men-your
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