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title: בַּצֹּרֶת — dearth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בַּצֹּרֶת (1226), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: dearth. BDB 1906: n.f. dearth. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בַּצֹּרֶת

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«בַּצֹּרֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **dearth** — 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:** 1226 · **BDB:** בַּצֹּרֶת

### Glosses

of.drought (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dearth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1226/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. dearth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1226/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. dearth (cf. foll.), שְׁנַת בּ׳ Je 17:8.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בַּצֹּרֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1226/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 17:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.17.8/)

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וְהָיָ֞ה כְּעֵ֣ץ ׀ שָׁת֣וּל עַל־מַ֗יִם וְעַל־יוּבַל֙ יְשַׁלַּ֣ח שָֽׁרָשָׁ֔יו וְלֹ֤א יִרְאֶה֙ כִּֽי־יָבֹ֣א חֹ֔ם וְהָיָ֥ה עָלֵ֖הוּ רַֽעֲנָ֑ן וּבִשְׁנַ֤ת בַּצֹּ֙רֶת֙ לֹ֣א יִדְאָ֔ג וְלֹ֥א יָמִ֖ישׁ מֵעֲשׂ֥וֹת פֶּֽרִי׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.be like a.tree planted at water and.\[which\] at a.stream it.sends.out roots its and not it.will.see (dm) it.will.come heat and it.will.be leafage its luxuriant and in a.year of.drought not it.will.be.anxious and not it.will.cease from producing fruit

*JPS 1917:* For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out its roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but its foliage shall be luxuriant; and shall not be anxious in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

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