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title: בָּזָא — divide · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בָּזָא (958), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: divide. BDB 1906: vb. divide, cut through. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בָּזָא

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«בָּזָא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **divide** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 958 · **BDB:** בָּזָא

### Glosses

they.divide (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

divide [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/958/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. divide, cut through [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/958/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. divide, cut through (? cf. Aramaic בְּזַע, ܒܙܰܥ cleave)— Pf. בָּֽזְאוּ נהרים Is 18:2, 7 whose land rivers cut through (of Cush).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בָּזָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/958/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 18:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.18.2/)

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הַשֹּׁלֵ֨חַ בַּיָּ֜ם צִירִ֗ים וּבִכְלֵי־גֹמֶא֮ עַל־פְּנֵי־מַיִם֒ לְכ֣וּ ׀ מַלְאָכִ֣ים קַלִּ֗ים אֶל־גּוֹי֙ מְמֻשָּׁ֣ךְ וּמוֹרָ֔ט אֶל־עַ֥ם נוֹרָ֖א מִן־ה֣וּא וָהָ֑לְאָה גּ֚וֹי קַו־קָ֣ו וּמְבוּסָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־בָּזְא֥וּ נְהָרִ֖ים אַרְצֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* the.\[one which.is\].sending on the sea envoys and in vessels of.papyrus on \[the\].surface of.\[the\].waters go O.messengers swift to a.nation tall and smooth.skinned to a.people feared from it and beyond a.nation of.strength of.strength and trampling which they.divide rivers land its

*JPS 1917:* That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus upon the waters! Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and of glossy skin, to a people terrible from their beginning onward; a nation that is sturdy and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide!

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[Isaiah 18:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.18.7/)

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בָּעֵת֩ הַהִ֨יא יֽוּבַל־שַׁ֜י לַיהוָ֣ה צְבָא֗וֹת עַ֚ם מְמֻשָּׁ֣ךְ וּמוֹרָ֔ט וּמֵעַ֥ם נוֹרָ֖א מִן־ה֣וּא וָהָ֑לְאָה גּ֣וֹי ׀ קַו־קָ֣ו וּמְבוּסָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר בָּזְא֤וּ נְהָרִים֙ אַרְצ֔וֹ אֶל־מְק֛וֹם שֵׁם־יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת הַר־צִיּֽוֹן׃ס

*Word for word:* at the time (the) that it.will.be.brought a.gift to Yahweh of.hosts a.people tall and smooth.skinned and from a.people feared from it and beyond a.nation of.strength of.strength and trampling which they.divide rivers land its to the.place of.the.name of.Yahweh of.hosts the.mountain of.Zion

*JPS 1917:* In that time shall a present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people tall and of glossy skin, and from a people terrible from their beginning onward; a nation that is sturdy and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion.

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