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בָּצַע

ba.tsaH:V

to cut off: to end

: to end 1) to cut off, break off, gain by unrighteous violence, get, finish, be covetous, be greedy 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cut off 1a2) to stop 1a3) to gain wrongfully or by violence 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to cut off, sever 1b2) to finish, complete, accomplish 1b3) to violently make gain of

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[בָּצַע] verb cut off, break off, gain by violence (so Late Hebrew, Arabic , Ethiopic Aramaic בְּצַע) —

Qal Imperfect יִבְצָ֑ע Job 27:8, יִבְצָ֑עוּ Joel 2:8 Imperative suffix בְּצָ֫עַם בְּרֹאשׁ Amos 9:1 Infinitive בְּצֹעַ Ezek 22:27 Participle בּוֺצֵעַ Prov 15:27; Jer 6:13, בֹּצֵעַ Ps 10:3 + 3 t.; — cut off, break off (with accusative capitals of pillars) Amos 9:1 (but LagProv. see vi בְּצַעַם = בְּזַעַם Hab 3:12 in wrath); so figurative Job 27:8 when Eloah cutteth off, draweth out, his soul; object omitted their course, i.e. stop Joel 2:8 (compare Hi-St); usually gain by violence or in general wrongfully Ezek 22:27 Participle absolute Ps 10:3 = greedy getter, robber; and with accusative of congnate meaning with verb בֶּ֫צַע Prov 1:19; Prov 15:27; Jer 6:13; Jer 8:10; Hab 2:9. Pi`el Perfect בִּצַּע Lam 2:17 Imperfect יְבַצַּע Isa 10:12 suffix יְבַצְּעֵנִי Isa 38:12; Job 6:9 2 feminine singular וַתְּבַצְּעִי Ezek 22:12 3 feminine plural תְּבַצָּ֑עְנָה Zech 4:9 — cut off, (dis) sever (i.e. from life) Job 6:9 compare Isa 10:19 (מִדַּלָּה); = finish, complete Isa 10:12; Zech 4:9 accomplish (= carry out, fulfil) Lam 2:17 (object אמרתו); violently make gain of, object person Ezek 22:12 (instrumental בּעשׁק).


2 occurrences

Isaiah (1), Zechariah (1)