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title: בׇּצְרָה — Bozrah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בׇּצְרָה (1224), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: Bozrah. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בׇּצְרָה

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«בׇּצְרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Bozrah** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 1224 · **BDB:** בָּצְרָה²

### Glosses

Bozrah (7); of.Bozrah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Bozrah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1224/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1224/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. city of Edom (fortress; (v. Palm. n.pr.loc. בצרא VogNo. 22 𝔊 βοσ(σ)ορρα; cf. βοσορ; LagOnom. Sacr. 102, 232, 2nd ed. 137, 247 = βοστρα) Gn 36:33 = 1 Ch 1:44 Is 34:6; 63:1 (in both ‖ אדום (ארץ)) Je 49:13, 22 Am 1:12. of Moab Je 48:24, prob. = ii. בֶּצֶר 1;—on Mi 2:12 cf. foregoing.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 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/1489/1224/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Amos 1:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.1.12/)

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וְשִׁלַּ֥חְתִּי אֵ֖שׁ בְּתֵימָ֑ן וְאָכְלָ֖ה אַרְמְנ֥וֹת בָּצְרָֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* and I.will.send.forth a.fire on Teman and it.will.consume the.fortresses of.Bozrah

*JPS 1917:* So will I send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.

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[Genesis 36:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.33/)

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וַיָּ֖מָת בָּ֑לַע וַיִּמְלֹ֣ךְ תַּחְתָּ֔יו יוֹבָ֥ב בֶּן־זֶ֖רַח מִבָּצְרָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.died Bela and he.reigned in place.of.him Jobab the.son of.Zerah from Bozrah

*JPS 1917:* And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

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