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Hebrew
Etymology
From root ג־ז־ע (“to cut”). Compare Classical Syriac ܓܘܙܥܐ (guzʿā, “trunk”), Arabic جِذْع (jiḏʕ, “trunk”).
Pronunciation
Noun
גֶּזַע • (géza') m (singular construct גֶּזַע־)
- trunk, stock (of a tree)
Tanach, Isaiah 40:24, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:אַף בַּל־נִטָּעוּ אַף בַּל־זֹרָעוּ אַף בַּל־שֹׁרֵשׁ בָּאָרֶץ גִּזְעָם וְגַם־נָשַׁף בָּהֶם וַיִּבָשׁוּ וּסְעָרָה כַּקַּשׁ תִּשָּׂאֵם׃- 'af bal-nitá'u 'af bal-zorá'u 'af bal-shorésh ba'árets giz'ám v'gam-nasháf bahém vayiváshu us'ará kakásh tisa'ém.
ʾap̄ bal-nittā́ʿū ʾap̄ bal-zōrā́ʿū ʾap̄ bal-šōrēš bāʾā́reṣ gizʿām wəḡam-nāšap̄ bāhem wayyīḇā́šū ūsəʿārā kaqqaš tiśśāʾēm. - Scarce are they planted, scarce are they sown, scarce hath their stock taken root in the earth; when He bloweth upon them, they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble.
- race (large genealogical group)
- (grammar) stem
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