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title: בּוּז — Buz · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בּוּז (938), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Buz. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. 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: **Buz** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 938 · **BDB:** בּוּז³

### Glosses

Buz (2); of.Buz (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Buz [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/938/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/938/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (cf. Assyrian n.pr.loc. Bâzu DlPa 307; ZK 1885, 93 f.) 2nd son of Nahor, Abraham’s brother Gn 22:21 J; = tribe named with דְּדָן \& תֵּימָא Je 25:23. a Gadite 1 Ch 5:14.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 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/1489/938/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 22:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.22.21/)

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אֶת־ע֥וּץ בְּכֹר֖וֹ וְאֶת־בּ֣וּז אָחִ֑יו וְאֶת־קְמוּאֵ֖ל אֲבִ֥י אֲרָֽם׃

*Word for word:* (et) Uz firstborn his and (et) Buz brother his and (et) Kemuel the.father of.Aram

*JPS 1917:* Uz his first-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram;

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[Jeremiah 25:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.25.23/)

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וְאֶת־דְּדָ֤ן וְאֶת־תֵּימָא֙ וְאֶת־בּ֔וּז וְאֵ֖ת כָּל־קְצוּצֵ֥י פֵאָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and (et) Dedan and (et) Tema and (et) Buz and (et) all \[those.who.are\].cut.off of.\[the\].corner

*JPS 1917:* Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that have the corners of their hair polled;

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