בִּצָּה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1207

swamp — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

swamp tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

בִּצָּה: n.f. swamp tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. swamp, Jb 8:11 as place where rushes grow, cf. 40:21; בִּצֹּאתָ֯ו (Co ובצותיו) pl. sf. Ez 47:11 (‖ וּגְבָאָיו).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: swamp (2); swamps (1).

In the verses

Job 40:21 · tree →

תַּֽחַת־צֶאֱלִ֥ים יִשְׁכָּ֑ב בְּסֵ֖תֶר קָנֶ֣ה וּבִצָּֽה׃

Word for word: under thorny.lotus.plants it.lies in a.hiding.place of.reed[s] and swamp

JPS 1917: He lieth under the lotus-trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.

Job 8:11 · tree →

הֲיִֽגְאֶה־גֹּ֭מֶא בְּלֹ֣א בִצָּ֑ה יִשְׂגֶּה־אָ֥חוּ בְלִי־מָֽיִם׃

Word for word: will it.grow.tall? papyrus with not swamp will.it.grow? reed[s] not water

JPS 1917: Can the rush shoot up without mire? Can the reed-grass grow without water?

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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