בׇּצְרָה
botsrâh · H1223 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Thing
- Sheep pen, sheepfoldAnimal husbandry17 verses
Meanings
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sheep pen, sheepfold
Area enclosed by a stone wall or hedge made of branches and thorns, with a narrow opening which can be closed with brush or by the shepherd’s body; used for keeping sheep at night to protect them from thieves or wild animals
ExamplesMicah 2:12 “I will certainly assemble all of you, Jacob, I will certainly gather the remnant of Israel. I will put them together like sheep in the fold; Like a flock in the midst of its pasture They will be noisy with people.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- צֹאןflock, small cattle, sheep and goats 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 2 entries
- Stalls001003002008
- בׇּצְרָה here functions in its sense tied to sheepfolds, as reflected in Micah 2:12's imagery "I will put them together like sheep in the fold" (כְּצֹאן בׇּצְרָה), likening restored Israel to sheep gathered into an enclosure.
- Names of Locations003001010
- בָּצְרָה names the city Bozrah, as at Micah 2:12 — "I will certainly assemble all of you, Jacob... I will put them together like sheep in the fold, Like a flock in the midst of its pasture" — referencing the sheepfolds of Bozrah in the surrounding oracle.
Word family 9 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1223. botsrah I. בָּצְרָה noun feminine enclosure, i.e. (sheep-) fold, ב ׳צאן Mic 2:12.
I. בָּצְרָה noun feminine enclosure, i.e. (sheep-) fold, ב ׳צאן Mic 2:12.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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Sources
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