--- title: בָּזָה — despise · The Tanakh dictionary description: בָּזָה (959), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 42 times: despise. BDB 1906: vb. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/959.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ב](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1489.md)‎ / בָּזָה‎ # בָּזָה «בָּזָה» 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. **Used:** 42 times · **Key:** 959 · **BDB:** בָּזָה ### Glosses despised (5); he.despised (5); he.has.despised (3) ### Meaning (OSHB) despise [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/959/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/959/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. despise (Pal. 𝔗 בְּזָא, cf. بَزَا raise the head loftily and disdainfully)— Pf. Nu 15:31 +; בָּזִיתָ 2 S 12:9; sf. בְּזִתָ֑נִי 2 S 12:10, etc.; Impf. וַיִּ֫בֶז Gn 25:34 Est 3:6; sf. וַיִּבְזֵהוּ 1 S 17:42; 3 fs. וַתִּבֶז 2 S 6:16 1 Ch 15:29; 2 ms. תִּבְזֶה ψ 51:19; 73:20; וַיִּבְזוּ Ne 2:19; וַיִּבְזֻהוּ 1 S 10:27; Inf. cstr. בְּזֹה Is 49:7 (Di Ew§ 150 b); Pt. act. בּוֹזֶה Pr 15:20; 19:16; בּוֹזֵהוּ Pr 14:2; בּוֹזִים 2 Ch 36:16; בּוֹזֵי Mal 1:6; sf. בֹּזַי 1 S 2:30; pass. בָּזוּי Je 49:15 +; f. בְּזוּיָה Ec 9:16;—despise, regard with contempt, sq. acc. rei, birthright Gn 25:34 (J); words of י׳ Nu 15:31 (P; not elsewhere. in Hex); 2 S 12:9 cf. 2 Ch 36:16; name of י׳ Mal 1:6(×2) (cf. infr.); oath (אָלָה) Ez 16:59; 17:16, 18, 19; holy things Ez 22:8; one’s own ways Pr 19:16 (i.e. is careless of them, lives recklessly, opp. שֹׁמֵר נַפְשׁוֹ, cf. נֹצֵר דַּרְכּוֹ 16:17); distress of the distressed ψ 22:25 (‖ שִׁקֵּץ, subj. י׳); prayer, subj. id. ψ 102:18; broken \& contrite heart ψ 51:19 (c. לֹא), cf. on other hand 73:20; sq. acc. pers. Saul 1 S 10:27, David 17:42 cf. Pr 15:20, י׳ 1 S 2:30 2 S 12:10 Pr 14:2, his prisoners ψ 69:34 (subj. י׳); sq. לְ, וַתִּבֶז לוֹ בְּלִבָּהּ 2 S 6:16 = 1 Ch 15:29; sq. עַל pers. Ne 2:19; \[2 K 19:21 = Is 37:22, בּוּז\] sq. Inf. וַיִּבֶז בְּעֵינָיו לִשְׁלֹחַ יָד Est 3:6; בְּזֹה נֶפֶשׁ Is 49:7 a despising of soul, i.e. one despised from the soul, thoroughly despised; on otherviews v. Che Di. Pt. pass. despised, of pers. cstr. בְּזוּי עָם despised of people (‖ חֶרְפַּת אָדָם) ψ 22:7, cf. בָּזוּי בָאָדָם Je 49:15 also Ob v 2; of wisdom Ec 9:16. Pt. נִבְזֶה ψ 15:4 +; f. נִבְזָה 1 S 15:9 (so read for נמבזה cf. We Dr); pl. נִבְזִים Mal 2:9;— despised ψ 15:4; 119:141 Is 53:3(×2) Je 22:28. vile, worthless 1 S 15:9. despicable, contemptible Mal 1:7 said of table of י׳, cf. v 12 2:9; Dn 11:21 as subst. of Antiochus Epiph. Inf. לְהַבְזוֹת בַּעְלֵיהֶן Est 1:17 so as to cause to despise their lords (cause their lords to be despised). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 40 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «בָּזָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/959/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 119:141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.141/) צָעִ֣יר אָנֹכִ֣י וְנִבְזֶ֑ה פִּ֝קֻּדֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א שָׁכָֽחְתִּי׃ *Word for word:* \[am\].insignificant I and.\[am\] despised precepts your not I.have.forgotten *JPS 1917:* I am small and despised; yet have I not forgotten Thy precepts. [Ezekiel 22:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.22.8/) קָדָשַׁ֖י בָּזִ֑ית וְאֶת־שַׁבְּתֹתַ֖י חִלָּֽלְתְּ׃ *Word for word:* things my.holy you.have.despised and (et) sabbaths my you.have.profaned *JPS 1917:* Thou hast despised My holy things, and hast profaned My sabbaths. - ← previous: [בזה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5240.md) - next →: [בִּזָּה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/961.md) - ↑ back to [ב](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1489.md)