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title: בֶּצַע — gain made by violence · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בֶּצַע (1215), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 23 times: gain made by violence. BDB 1906: n.m. gain made by violence, unjust gain, profit. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בֶּצַע

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«בֶּצַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **gain made by violence** — 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:** 23 times · **Key:** 1215 · **BDB:** בֶ֫צַע

### Glosses

unjust.gain (8); gain (6); \[is.the\].profit (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

gain made by violence [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1215/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. gain made by violence, unjust gain, profit [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1215/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. gain made by violence, unjust gain, profit—בֶּ֫צַע Gn 37:26 + 7 times (cstr. Ju 5:19 +); בָּ֑צַע Ex 18:21 + 7 times; sf. בִּצְעֶ֑ךָ Je 22:17; בִּצְעֵךְ Je 51:13 Ez 22:13; בִּצְעוֹ Is 56:11; 57:17; בִּצְעָם Ez 33:31 Mi 4:13;—gain made by violence (nearly = plunder) Ju 5:19 Mi 4:13; more generally, unjust gain Ex 18:21 1 S 8:3 ψ 119:36 Pr 28:16 Is 33:15; 56:11; 57:17 Je 22:17; 51:13 Ez 22:13; 33:31; as acc. cogn. c. בָּצַע Pr 1:19; 15:27 Je 6:13; 8:10 Ez 22:27 Hb 2:9; profit (with selfish suggestion) מה־ב׳ Gn 37:26 Mal 3:14 cf. ψ 30:10 Jb 22:3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword without dagesh, part of speech agrees, 23 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בֶּצַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1215/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 15:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.15.27/)

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עֹכֵ֣ר בֵּ֭יתוֹ בּוֹצֵ֣עַ בָּ֑צַע וְשׂוֹנֵ֖א מַתָּנֹ֣ת יִחְיֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].troubling house his.own \[one.who\].gains.unjustly unjust.gain and \[one.who\].hates gifts he.will.live

*JPS 1917:* He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

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[Psalms 119:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.36/)

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הַט־לִ֭בִּי אֶל־עֵדְוֺתֶ֗יךָ וְאַ֣ל אֶל־בָּֽצַע׃

*Word for word:* incline heart my to testimonies your and not to unjust.gain

*JPS 1917:* Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

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