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title: בּוּז — contempt · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בּוּז (937), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: contempt. BDB 1906: n.m. contempt. 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: **contempt** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 937 · **BDB:** בּוּז²

### Glosses

contempt (11)

### Meaning (OSHB)

contempt [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/937/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. contempt [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/937/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Pr 18:3 contempt—בּ׳ abs. Gn 38:23 + 9 times; cstr. Jb 31:34;—(WisdLt \& poet., except Gn 38:23 J). contempt springing from pride and wickedness Jb 31:34 ψ 123:3, 4 (‖ לַעַג); joined in one adverb. phr. with גאוה ψ 31:19 בְּג׳ וָב׳; springing from prosperity and ease Jb 12:5; = object of contempt Gn 38:23 Pr 12:8; ‖ חֶרְפָּה ψ 119:22 Pr 18:3. judicial, poured out (שׁפך) by God, in judgment Jb 12:21 = ψ 107:40.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 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/1489/937/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 12:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.21/)

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שׁוֹפֵ֣ךְ בּ֭וּז עַל־נְדִיבִ֑ים וּמְזִ֖יחַ אֲפִיקִ֣ים רִפָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[he.is\].pouring contempt on noble.\[people\] and.\[the\] belt of.strong.people he.loosens

*JPS 1917:* He poureth contempt upon princes, and looseth the belt of the strong.

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[Psalms 123:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.123.3/)

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חָנֵּ֣נוּ יְהוָ֣ה חָנֵּ֑נוּ כִּֽי־רַ֝֗ב שָׂבַ֥עְנוּ בֽוּז׃

*Word for word:* show favor.to.us O.Yahweh show favor.to.us (dm) much we.have.been.surfeited contempt

*JPS 1917:* Be gracious unto us, O LORD, be gracious unto us; for we are full sated with contempt.

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