Strong's Lexicon

H1000

H1000 — בֵּיצָּה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewbeytsahnoun femOccurrences: 6TWOT: 218a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1000
Word:בֵּיצָּה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:from the same as H948
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:6
Transliteration:beytsah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:bay-tsaw'
Meaning:1. an egg (from its whiteness)
KJV Renderings:egg.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB972

[בֵּיצָה] noun feminine Isa 10:14 egg (Late Hebrew id., Arabic [untranscribed source text 535], Aramaic בִּיעֲתָא, [untranscribed source text 536]) — only Plural בֵּיצִים Deut 22:6 (twice in verse); Isa 10:14 construct בֵּיצֵי Isa 59:5 suffix בֵּיצֶיהָ Job 39:14, בֵּיצֵיהֶם Isa 59:5 — eggs Isa 10:14 (of small bird צפור) Deut 22:6 (twice in verse), compare Isa 10:14 (in simil.); (of ostrich רננים ) Job 39:14 (of great viper צפעוני) Isa 59:5 (twice in verse) (metaphor)


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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