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title: בֵּיצָה — egg · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בֵּיצָה (1000), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: egg. BDB 1906: n.f. egg. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בֵּיצָה

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«בֵּיצָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **egg** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** 1000 · **BDB:** בֵּיצָה

### Glosses

eggs (5); of (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

egg [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1000/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. egg [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1000/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. Is 10:14 egg (NH id., Arabic بَيْضَةٌ, Aramaic בִּיעֲתָא, ܒܺܝܥܬܳܐ )—only Pl. בֵּיצִים Dt 22:6(×2) Is 10:14; cstr. בֵּיצֵי Is 59:5; sf. בֵּיצֶיהָ Jb 39:14, בֵּיצֵיהֶם Is 59:5;—eggs Is 10:14 (of small bird צפור) Dt 22:6(×2), cf. Is 10:14 (in simil.); (of ostrich רננים) Jb 39:14; (of great viper צפעוני) Is 59:5(×2) (metaph.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בֵּיצָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1000/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 39:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.39.14/)

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כִּֽי־תַעֲזֹ֣ב לָאָ֣רֶץ בֵּצֶ֑יהָ וְֽעַל־עָפָ֥ר תְּחַמֵּֽם׃

*Word for word:* (dm) it.abandons to the ground eggs its and on \[the\].dust it.keeps.\[them\].warm

*JPS 1917:* For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, and warmeth them in dust,

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[Isaiah 59:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.59.5/)

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בֵּיצֵ֤י צִפְעוֹנִי֙ בִּקֵּ֔עוּ וְקוּרֵ֥י עַכָּבִ֖ישׁ יֶאֱרֹ֑גוּ הָאֹכֵ֤ל מִבֵּֽיצֵיהֶם֙ יָמ֔וּת וְהַזּוּרֶ֖ה תִּבָּקַ֥ע אֶפְעֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* eggs of.a.viper they.have.hatched and webs of.a.spider they.weave the.\[one who\].eats any of their.eggs he.will.die and the.pressed \[egg\] it.is.hatched a.snake

*JPS 1917:* They hatch basilisks' eggs, and weave the spider's web; he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

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