Lexical Definition

‎בַּז‎ baz (baz) plunder ^H:N-M
from ‎בָּזַז‎

booty, prey, spoil(-ed).

• plunder

1) spoil, booty, robbery, spoiling

See Greek: διαρπάζω · σκῦλον

Extended Information

• Also means: bag (‎ב‎ַּ‎ג‎ "spoil" בַּג)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: בַּג

‎בַּז‎ noun [masculine] spoiling, robbery; spoil, booty — ‎׳‎‎בּ‎ absolute Num 14:3 +; so also Ezek 25:7 Qr (Kt ‎בג‎ meaningless); ‎בַּ֑ז‎ Jer 2:14 +; but ‎הַבָּ֔ז‎ Num 31:32 see d. H; suffix ‎בִּזָּהּ‎ Exod 29:19 —

1. spoiling, robbery, ‎׳‎‎לְב‎ i.e. to be plundered, despoiled Ezek 7:21 (of temple || ‎שָׁלָל‎) Ezek 23:46.

2. spoil, booty, plunder Isa 10:6; Isa 33:23; Ezek 29:19; Ezek 38:12; Ezek 38:13 (all accusative of congnate meaning with verb || ‎שָׁלָל‎); compare Num 31:32; Jer 15:13; Jer 17:3 in phrase ‎הָיָה לָבַז‎ Jer 49:32 (of camels) Ezek 36:4 compare vEzek 36:5 also of human beings Num 14:3; Num 14:31; Deut 1:39; Jer 2:14 (all ‎׳‎‎היה לב‎) + 2Kgs 21:14 (|| ‎מְשִׁסָּה‎) Isa 42:22 (|| id.) Jer 2:14, compare Jer 30:16 (|| ‎מְשִׁסָּה‎); also Ezek 25:7 Qr, Ezek 26:5 (‎׳‎‎היה לב‎; both in personified); figurative of Israel as sheep Ezek 34:8; Ezek 34:22 (both ‎׳‎‎היה לב‎) vEzek 34:28 ‎היה בז‎ (no ‎לְ‎). On Isa 8:1; Isa 8:3 ‎מַהֵר שָׁלָל חָשׁ בַּז‎ see ‎מהר‎.

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