H959. bazah

בָּזָה‎ verb despise (Palestinian בְּזָא ᵑ7‎, compare raise the head loftily and disdainfully) —

Qal Perfect Numbers 15:31 +; בָּזִיתָ‎ 2 Samuel 12:9; suffix בְּזִתָ֑נִי‎ 12:10, etc.; Imperfect וַיִּ֫בֶז‎ Genesis 25:34; Esther 3:6; suffix וַיִּבְזֵהוּ‎ 1 Samuel 17:42; 3feminine singular וַתִּכֶז‎ 2 Samuel 6:16; 1 Chronicles 15:29; 2masculine singular תִּבְזֶה‎ Psalm 51:19; 73:20; וַיִּבְזוּ‎ Nehemiah 2:19; וַיִּבְזֻהוּ‎ 1 Samuel 10:27; Infinitive construct בְּזֹה‎ Isaiah 49:7 (Di Ew^{§ 150 b}); Participle active בּוֺזֶה‎ Proverbs 15:20; 19:16; בּוֺזֵהוּ‎ 14:2; בּוֺזִים‎2 Chronicles 36:16; בּוֺזֵי‎ Malachi 1:6; suffix בֹּזַי‎ 1 Samuel 2:30; passive בָּזוּי‎ Jeremiah 49:15 +; feminine בְּזוּיָה‎ Ecclesiastes 9:16; — despise, regard with contempt, followed by accusative of thing, birthright Genesis 25:34 (J); words of ׳י‎ Numbers 15:31 (P; not elsewhere in Hexateuch); 2 Samuel 12:9 compare 2 Chronicles 36:16; name of ׳י‎ Malachi 1:6 (twice in verse) (compare below); oath (אָלָה‎) Ezekiel 16:59; 17:16, 18, 19; holy things 22:8; one's own ways Proverbs 19:16 (i.e. is careless of them, lives recklessly, opposed to נַפְשׁוֺ שֹׁמֵר‎, compare דַּרְכּוֺ נֹצֵר‎ 16:17); distress of the distressed Psalm 22:25 ("" שִׁקֵּץ‎, subject ׳י‎); prayer, subject id. 102:18; broken & contrite heart 51:9 (with לֹא‎), compare on other hand 73:20; followed by accusative of person Saul 1 Samuel 10:27, David 17:42 compare Proverbs 15:20, ׳י‎ 1 Samuel 2:30; 2 Samuel 12:10; Proverbs 14:2, his prisoners Psalm 69:34 (subject ׳י‎); followed by בְּלִבָּהּ לוֺ וַתִּבֶז לְ,‎ 2 Samuel 6:16 = 1 Chronicles 15:29; 2 Kings 19:21 = Isaiah 37:22; followed by עַל‎ person Nehemiah 2:19; followed by Infinitive יָד לִשְׁלֹחַ בְּעֵינָיו וַיִּבֶז‎ Esther 3:6; note especially נֶפֶשׁ בְּזֹה‎ Isaiah 49:7 a despising of soul, i.e. one despised from the soul, thoroughly despised; on otherviews see Che Di. Participle passive despised, of person construct עָם בְּזוּי‎ despised of people ("" אָדָם חֶרְמַּת‎) Psalm 22:7, compare בָאָדָם בָּזוּי‎ Jeremiah 49:15 also Obadiah 2; of wisdom Ecclesiastes 9:16.

Niph`al Participle נִבְזֶה‎ Psalm 15:4 +; feminine נִבְזָה‎ 1 Samuel 15:9 (so read for נמבזָה‎ compare We Dr); plural נִבְזִים‎ Malachi 2:9; —

1 despised Psalm 15:4; 119:141; Isaiah 53:3 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 22:28.

2 vile, worthless 1 Samuel 15:9.

3 despicable, contemptible Malachi 1:7 said of table of ׳י‎, compare 1:12; 2:9; Daniel 11:21 as substantive of Antiochus Epiph.

Hiph`il Infinitive בַּעְלֵיהֶן לְהַבְזוֺת‎ Esther 1:17 so as to cause to despise their lords (cause their lords to be despised).