Lexical Summary batsar: to cut off, make inaccessible, enclose Original Word: בָּצַרTransliteration: batsar Phonetic Spelling: (baw-tsar') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to cut off, make inaccessible, enclose Meaning: to cut off, make inaccessible, enclose Strong's Concordance cut off, fortify, grape gatherer, mighty things, restrain, strong, wall up, A primitive root; to clip off; specifically (as denominative from batsiyr) to gather grapes; also to be isolated (i.e. Inaccessible by height or fortification) -- cut off, (de-)fenced, fortify, (grape) gather(-er), mighty things, restrain, strong, wall (up), withhold. see HEBREW batsiyr Brown-Driver-Briggs H1219. batsar [בָּצַר] verb cut off, make inaccessible (especially by fortifying), enclose (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic בְּצַר, (Pa`el diminish, substract), perhaps compare Arabic side, edge, , etc., rough stone, land in which are sharp stones (compare Lane)) — Qal Imperfect יִבְצֹר Psalm 76:13; 2masculine singular תִּבְצֹר Leviticus 25:5; Deuteronomy 24:21, וַיִּבְצְרוּ Judges 9:27, תִּבְצְרוּ Leviticus 25:11; Participle active בּוֺצֵר Jeremiah 6:9, בֹּצְרִים 49:9; Obadiah 5; passive masculine בָּצוּר Zechariah 11:2 Kt (Qr בָּצִיר), feminine בְּצוּרָה Isaiah 2:15 3t. + Ezekiel 21:25 see below; plural feminine בְּצוּרוֺת 36:35, בְּצֻרוֺת Numbers 13:28 14t., בְּצוּרֹת Deuteronomy 1:28; Nehemiah 9:25, בְּצֻרֹת Deuteronomy 3:5; 9:1; — cut off, grape-clusters, ענבים Leviticus 25:5, compare 25:11 (object נזיר), Deuteronomy 24:21; Judges 9:27 (object in both, כרם); hence Participle active grape-gathering, -gatherer Jeremiah 6:9; 49:9; Obadiah 5; figurative cut off (= take away) Psalm 76:13 (object נגידים רות); most often Passive participle cut off, made inaccessible, De Isaiah 2:15 = fortified, always f.; Generally adjective with ערים עיר,; Numbers 13:28; Deuteronomy 1:28; 3:5; 9:1; Joshua 14:12; 2 Samuel 20:6; 2 Kings 18:13 = Isaiah 36:1; 2 Kings 19:25 = Isaiah 37:26; 2 Chronicles 17:2; 19:5; 32:1; 33:14; Nehemiah 9:25; Isaiah 25:2; 27:10; Ezekiel 36:35; Hosea 8:14; Zephaniah 1:16; rarely with חומה Deuteronomy 28:52; Isaiah 2:15; Jeremiah 15:20; הב ׳יער Zechariah 11:2 (read Kt); once, substantive of secrets, mysteries (= unattainable things) Jeremiah 33:3; — ׳ב Ezekiel 21:25 ᵐ5 Sm Co בְּתוֺכָהּ, doubtless right. Niph`al Imperfect יִבָּצֵר be withheld Genesis 11:6 (מֵהֶם), Job 42:2 (מִמְּךָ). Pi`el Imperfect3feminine singular תְּבַצֵּר Jeremiah 51:53 fortify; so Infinitive לְבַּצֵר Isaiah 22:10. |