Etymology?:
from bāqar בָּקַר ‘to enquire’
Roots:
בקר
bāqār n, m
1) cattle, herd, oxen, ox
1a) cattle (generic pl. but sing. in form-coll)
1b) herd (particular one)
1c) head of cattle (individually)
Mentioned in Genesis 47:1, 50:8, 20:14, 21:27, 18:7, 12:16, 13:5, 24:35, 33:13, 18:8, 45:10, 47:17, 46:32, 32:8, 34:28, 26:14 Exodus 20:24, 21:37, 29:1, 34:3, 10:24, 10:9, 9:3, 12:32, 12:38 Codex Leviticus 1:2, 1:3, 1:5, 4:14, 9:2, 16:3, 22:21, 23:18, 3:1, 4:3, 27:32, 22:19 Numbers 7:65, 31:28, 31:30, 7:8, 15:3, 15:8, 7:3, 7:15, 7:21, 7:27, 7:33, 7:39, 7:45, 7:51, 7:57, 7:63, 7:69, 7:75, 7:81, 15:24, 28:11, 28:19, 28:27, 29:2, 29:8, 7:71, 7:83, 7:88, 7:17, 7:23, 7:29, 7:35, 7:41, 7:47, 7:53, 7:59, 7:77, 7:87, 29:13, 29:17, 7:6, 31:33, 31:38, 31:44, 11:22, 7:7, 22:40, 8:8, 15:9 Deuteronomy 14:26, 12:21, 32:14, 12:17, 14:23, 21:3, 15:19, 16:2, 8:13, 12:6 Judges 3:31 1 Samuel 15:9, 15:14, 11:7, 11:5, 16:2, 27:9, 14:32, 15:15, 15:21, 30:20 2 Samuel 24:22, 6:6, 12:4, 17:29, 24:24, 12:2 1 Kings 19:20, 1:9, 5:3, 7:44, 7:25, 19:21, 8:63, 8:5, 7:29 2 Kings 16:17, 5:26 Isaiah 65:25, 7:21, 11:7, 22:13, 65:10 Jeremiah 3:24, 52:20, 5:17, 31:12 Ezekiel 4:15, 43:19, 45:18, 43:23, 43:25, 46:6 Hosea 5:6 Joel 1:18 Amos 6:12 Jonah 3:7 Habakkuk 3:17 Psalms 66:15 Job 42:12, 1:14, 1:3, 40:15 Ecclesiastes 2:7 Nehemiah 10:37 1 Chronicles 21:23, 13:9, 12:41, 27:29 2 Chronicles 35:12, 13:9, 35:9, 18:2, 4:15, 4:4, 29:22, 29:32, 35:7, 7:5, 31:6, 32:29, 35:8, 15:11, 29:33, 4:3, 5:6