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Hebrew
Etymology
Compare קָצַץ (katsáts).
Pronunciation
Noun
קוֹץ • (qots) m (plural indefinite קוֹצִים)
- A thistle, a thorn
Tanach, Genesis 3:18, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:וְקוֹץ וְדַרְדַּר תַּצְמִיחַ לָךְ וְאָכַלְתָּ אֶת־עֵשֶׂב הַשָּׂדֶה׃- v-qóts v-dardár tatsmíaḥ lakh v-akhaltá et 'ésev ha-sadé
- Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.
- A serif in handwritten script
a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Eruvin 21b:אָמַר רַב חִסְדָּא אָמַר מָר עוּקְבָא: מְלַמֵּד שֶׁיֵּשׁ לִדְרוֹשׁ עַל כׇּל קוֹץ וָקוֹץ תִּילֵּי תִּילִּים שֶׁל הֲלָכוֹת.- amár rav ḥísda amar mar 'úqva: mlamméd she-yesh lidrósh 'al kol qotz va-qotz tillé tillím shel halakhót
- Rav Ḥisda said Mar Ukva said: this teaches that one can interpret from each and every serif mounds upon mounds of laws.
Derived terms
Proper noun
קוֹץ • (qots) m
- Koz, a descendant of Judah
Tanach, 1 Chronicles 4:8, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:וְקוֹץ הוֹלִיד אֶת־עָנוּב וְאֶת־הַצֹּבֵבָה וּמִשְׁפְּחֹת אֲחַרְחֵל בֶּן־הָרוּם׃- V-Qots holíd et 'Anuv v-et Hatsoveva u-mishpḥót Aḥarḥel ben Harum
- And Koz begot Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
- Hakkoz, a priest, the head of the seventh division of the priests
Tanach, Ezra 2:61, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:וּמִבְּנֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים בְּנֵי חֳבַיָּה בְּנֵי הַקּוֹץ בְּנֵי בַרְזִלַּי אֲשֶׁר לָקַח מִבְּנוֹת בַּרְזִלַּי הַגִּלְעָדִי אִשָּׁה וַיִּקָּרֵא עַל־שְׁמָם׃- u-mi-bnei ha-kohaním bnei ḥavayyá bnei ha-qótz bnei varzillái ashér laqáḥ mi-bnot barzillái ishá vay-yiqqaré 'al shmám
- And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.
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