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Aramaic
Verb
בצר • (transliteration needed)
- to decrease, to diminish, to lessen
- to lack, to be inferior
Hebrew
Etymology
From the Hebrew root בצר BṢR, meaning "fortified" or "defended."
Pronunciation
Noun
בֶּצֶר • (bétser) m (Biblical Hebrew pausal form בָּצֶר)
- (Biblical Hebrew) gold, treasure
- Synonyms: זָהָב, פַּז, סְגוֹר, כֶּתֶם, חָרוּץ, אוֹפִיר
Tanach, Job 22:23, with translation of the King James Version:וְשִׁית־עַל־עָפָר בָּצֶר וּכְצוּר נְחָלִים אוֹפִיר׃- V-shit ʿal ʿafár bátser u-kh-tsur n'ḥalím ofir.
- Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
Verb
בָּצַר • (batsár) (pa'al construction, infinitive לבצור / לִבְצֹר, imperative בצור / בְּצֹר, passive participle בָּצוּר, passive counterpart נִבְצַר)
- to pick, to gather
Tanach, Leviticus 25:5, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:אֵת סְפִיחַ קְצִירְךָ לֹא תִקְצוֹר וְאֶת עִנְּבֵי נְזִירֶךָ לֹא תִבְצֹר שְׁנַת שַׁבָּתוֹן יִהְיֶה לָאָרֶץ- That which groweth of itself of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, and the grapes of thy undressed vine thou shalt not gather; it shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.
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