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title: בּוּז — despise · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בּוּז (936), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: despise. BDB 1906: vb. despise. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בּוּז

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«בּוּז» in the Tanakh dictionary: **despise** — 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:** 14 times · **Key:** 936 · **BDB:** בּוּז

### Glosses

\[one.who\].despises (3); people.will.despise (2); she.has.despised (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

despise [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/936/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. despise [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/936/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. despise (NH id.)— Pf. 3 ms. בַּז Zc 4:10 (Köi. 439); fem. בָּזָ֫ה 2 K 19:21 (GK 72l) Impf. יָבוּז Pr 23:9; 3 fs. וְתָבֻז Pr 30:17; 2 ms. תָּבוּז (juss.) Pr 23:22; pl. יָבוּזוּ Pr 6:30 Ct 8:7; יָבֻזוּ Ct 8:1; Inf. abs. בּוֹז Ct 8:7; Pt. Pr 11:12 + 12 times;—despise, shew despite toward (WisdLt \& poet.) c. acc. Pr 1:7; c. Inf. + ל Pr 30:17; elsewhere sq. ל + noun, Pr 6:30; 11:12; 13:13; 14:21; 23:9, 22 Ct 8:1, 7(×2) Zc 4:10.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בּוּז» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/936/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 1:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.1.7/)

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יִרְאַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה רֵאשִׁ֣ית דָּ֑עַת חָכְמָ֥ה וּ֝מוּסָ֗ר אֱוִילִ֥ים בָּֽזוּ׃פ

*Word for word:* the.fear of.Yahweh \[is.the\].beginning of.knowledge wisdom and discipline fools they.despise

*JPS 1917:* The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and discipline.

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[Proverbs 11:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.11.12/)

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בָּז־לְרֵעֵ֥הוּ חֲסַר־לֵ֑ב וְאִ֖ישׁ תְּבוּנ֣וֹת יַחֲרִֽישׁ׃

*Word for word:* \[one.who\].despises (to) neighbor his \[is\].lacking of.heart and a.person of.understanding(s) he.keeps.quiet

*JPS 1917:* He that despiseth his neighbour lacketh understanding; but a man of discernment holdeth his peace.

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