*bḥr - to choose, to test (EDA P 135)

Akkadian

baˀāru - to select, choose; to examine (CAD B 212, AHw. 122)

Var.: beʾāru, bêru, baḫāru (baḫāru is attested once in an unpublished letter from Mari).

Akkadian

beḫēru - to select; to levy (troops) (CAD B 186, AHw. 117)

The verb is generally regarded as a direct loanword from Aramaic (von Soden 1966:7, Abraham; Sokoloff 2011:28). Alternatively (with Beaulieu 2013:372), beḫēru could be seen as a variant of Akk. baˀāru “to select” that arose under the influence of the semantically and etymologically identical Aramaic root b-ḥ-r.

Hebrew

bḥr - to examine; to choose (HALOT 119)

Hebrew

bāḥūr - young, fully-grown, vigorous man (HALOT 118)

Jewish Palestinian Aramaic

bḥr - to choose (DJPA 90)

Christian Palestinian Aramaic

bḥr - to select, to choose; to test (DCPA 44)

Jewish Babylonian Aramaic

bḥr - to choose (DJBA 196)

Mandaic

bhr - to try out, to test; to choose out, to select, to examine (MD 53)

Arabic

bḥr - to cut, to slit, to divide (Lane 156)

Sabaic

h-bḥr - to set aside, to earmark an animal as a sacrifice (SD 28)

Minaean

s₁-bḥr - aménager (to develop) (LM 20)