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title: בׇּצְרָה — enclosure · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בׇּצְרָה (1223), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: enclosure. BDB 1906: n.f. enclosure (sheep-)fold. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בׇּצְרָה

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«בׇּצְרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **enclosure** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 1223 · **BDB:** בָּצְרָה

### Glosses

of.a.sheepfold (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

enclosure [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1223/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. enclosure (sheep-)fold [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1223/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. enclosure, i.e. (sheep-)fold, צאן ב׳ Mi 2:12.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 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 (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בׇּצְרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1223/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Micah 2:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.2.12/)

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אָסֹ֨ף אֶאֱסֹ֜ף יַעֲקֹ֣ב כֻּלָּ֗ךְ קַבֵּ֤ץ אֲקַבֵּץ֙ שְׁאֵרִ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יַ֥חַד אֲשִׂימֶ֖נּוּ כְּצֹ֣אן בָּצְרָ֑ה כְּעֵ֙דֶר֙ בְּת֣וֹךְ הַדָּֽבְר֔וֹ תְּהִימֶ֖נָה מֵאָדָֽם׃

*Word for word:* surely.(gather) I.will.gather O.Jacob of.you all surely.(assemble) I.will.assemble the.remnant of.Israel together I will.make.it like sheep of.a.sheepfold like a.flock in the.midst of.(the) pasture its they.will.be.distraught from humankind

*JPS 1917:* I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will render them all as sheep in a fold; as a flock in the midst of their pasture; they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men.

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