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title: בָּצֵק — dough · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בָּצֵק (1217), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: dough. BDB 1906: dough. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בָּצֵק

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«בָּצֵק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **dough** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 1217 · **BDB:** בָּצֵק²

### Glosses

dough (4); \[the\].dough (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dough [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1217/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

dough [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1217/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] dough—בָּצֵק Ex 12:39 + 4 times; sf. בְּצֵקוֹ Ex 12:34;—dough, not fermented Ex 12:34, 39 (E); no restriction 2 S 13:8 Ho 7:4 Je 7:18.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 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 «בָּצֵק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1217/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Hosea 7:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.7.4/)

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כֻּלָּם֙ מְנָ֣אֲפִ֔ים כְּמ֣וֹ תַנּ֔וּר בֹּעֵ֖רָה מֵֽאֹפֶ֑ה יִשְׁבּ֣וֹת מֵעִ֔יר מִלּ֥וּשׁ בָּצֵ֖ק עַד־חֻמְצָתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* of.them all \[are\].adulterers like an.oven \[which\].burns from a.baker \[who\].he.ceases stirring.up from kneading \[the\].dough until it is.leavened

*JPS 1917:* They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth to stir from the kneading of the dough until it be leavened.

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[Exodus 12:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.12.34/)

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וַיִּשָּׂ֥א הָעָ֛ם אֶת־בְּצֵק֖וֹ טֶ֣רֶם יֶחְמָ֑ץ מִשְׁאֲרֹתָ֛ם צְרֻרֹ֥ת בְּשִׂמְלֹתָ֖ם עַל־שִׁכְמָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and it.carried.off the people (et) dough its before it.was.leavened troughs their.kneading \[were\].bound.up in clothes their on shoulder their

*JPS 1917:* And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading-troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.

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