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title: בָּצַר — cut off · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בָּצַר (1219), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: cut off. BDB 1906: vb. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בָּצַר

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«בָּצַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cut off** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 1219 · **BDB:** בָּצַר

### Glosses

you.will.gather.grapes (3); grape.gatherers (2); a.grape.gatherer (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cut off [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1219/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1219/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. cut off, make inaccessible (especially by fortifying), enclose (NH id., Aramaic בְּצַר, ܒܨܰܪ (Pa. diminish, subtract), perhaps cf. Arabic بُصْرٌ side, edge, بِصْرٌ, etc., rough stone, أَرْضٌ بَصِرَةٌ land in wh. are sharp stones (cf. Lane))— Impf. יִבְצֹר ψ 76:13; 2 ms. תִּבְצֹר Lv 25:5 Dt 24:21, וַיִּבְצְרוּ Ju 9:27, תִּבְצְרוּ Lv 25:11; Pt. act. בּוֹצֵר Je 6:9, בֹּֽצְרִים Je 49:9 Ob 5; pass. m. בָּצוּר Zc 11:2 Kt (Qr בָּצִיר), f. בְּצוּרָה Is 2:15 + 3 times + Ez 21:25 v. infr.; pl. f. בְּצוּרוֹת Ez 36:35, בְּצֻרוֹת Nu 13:28 + 14 times, בְּצוּרֹת Dt 1:28 Ne 9:25, בְּצֻרֹת Dt 3:5; 9:1;—cut off, grape-clusters, ענבים Lv 25:5, cf. v 11 (obj. נזיר), Dt 24:21 Ju 9:27 (obj. in both, כרם); hence Pt. act. grape-gathering, -gatherer Je 6:9; 49:9 Ob 5; fig. cut off (= take away) ψ 76:13 (obj. רוח נגידים); most often Pt. pass. cut off, made inaccessible, De Is 2:15 = fortified, always f.; generally adj. c. עיר, ערים; Nu 13:28 Dt 1:28; 3:5; 9:1 Jos 14:12 2 S 20:6 2 K 18:13 = Is 36:1 2 K 19:25 = Is 37:26 2 Ch 17:2; 19:5; 32:1; 33:14 Ne 9:25 Is 25:2; 27:10 Ez 36:35 Ho 8:14 Zp 1:16; rarely c. חומה Dt 28:52 Is 2:15 Je 15:20; יער הב׳ Zc 11:2 (read Kt); once, subst. of secrets, mysteries (= unattainable things) Je 33:3;—ב׳ Ez 21:25 𝔊 Sm Co בְּתוֹכָהּ, doubtless right. Impf. יִבָּצֵר be withheld Gn 11:6 (מֵהֶם), Jb 42:2 (מִמְּךָ). Impf. 3 fs. תְּבַצֵּר Je 51:53 fortify; so Inf. לְבַּצֵר Is 22:10.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בָּצַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1219/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 49:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.49.9/)

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אִם־בֹּֽצְרִים֙ בָּ֣אוּ לָ֔ךְ לֹ֥א יַשְׁאִ֖רוּ עֽוֹלֵל֑וֹת אִם־גַּנָּבִ֥ים בַּלַּ֖יְלָה הִשְׁחִ֥יתוּ דַיָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* if grape.gatherers they.came to you not will.they.leave? gleanings if thieves in the night they.destroyed sufficiency their

*JPS 1917:* If grape-gatherers came to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, would they not destroy till they had enough?

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[Jeremiah 6:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.6.9/)

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כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת עוֹלֵ֛ל יְעוֹלְל֥וּ כַגֶּ֖פֶן שְׁאֵרִ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל הָשֵׁב֙ יָדְךָ֔ כְּבוֹצֵ֖ר עַל־סַלְסִלּֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* thus he.says Yahweh of.hosts thoroughly.(glean) people.will.glean like (the) vine the.remnant of.Israel return hand your like a.grape.gatherer over branches

*JPS 1917:* Thus saith the LORD of hosts: They shall thoroughly glean as a vine the remnant of Israel; turn again thy hand as a grape-gatherer upon the shoots.

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