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title: בִּצָּה — swamp · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בִּצָּה (1207), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: swamp. BDB 1906: n.f. swamp. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בִּצָּה

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«בִּצָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **swamp** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 1207 · **BDB:** בִּצָּה

### Glosses

swamp (2); swamps (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

swamp [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1207/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. swamp [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1207/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. swamp, Jb 8:11 as place where rushes grow, cf. 40:21; בִּצֹּאתָ֯ו (Co ובצותיו) pl. sf. Ez 47:11 (‖ וּגְבָאָיו).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בִּצָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1207/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 40:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.40.21/)

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תַּֽחַת־צֶאֱלִ֥ים יִשְׁכָּ֑ב בְּסֵ֖תֶר קָנֶ֣ה וּבִצָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* under thorny.lotus.plants it.lies in a.hiding.place of.reed\[s\] and swamp

*JPS 1917:* He lieth under the lotus-trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.

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[Job 8:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.11/)

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הֲיִֽגְאֶה־גֹּ֭מֶא בְּלֹ֣א בִצָּ֑ה יִשְׂגֶּה־אָ֥חוּ בְלִי־מָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* will it.grow.tall? papyrus with not swamp will.it.grow? reed\[s\] not water

*JPS 1917:* Can the rush shoot up without mire? Can the reed-grass grow without water?

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