Lexical Definition

‎בָּזַז‎ bâzaz (baw-zaz') to plunder ^H:V
a primitive root

catch, gather, (take) for a prey, rob(-ber), spoil, take (away, spoil), [idiom] utterly.

• to plunder

1) to spoil, plunder, prey upon, seize
1a) (Qal) to spoil, plunder, despoil
1b) (Niphal) to be spoiled, plundered
1c) (Pual) to be taken as spoil

See Greek: διαρπάζω · διασκορπίζω · κληρονομέω · ποιέω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בָּזַז‎ verb spoil, plunder (Arabic , Aramaic ; Amharic perhaps Ethiopic rescue Prä^{BAS i. 33}) —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎וּבָזַז‎ (consecutive) Ezek 29:19 3 plural ‎בָּֽזְַזוּ‎ Num 31:53 + 7 t.; ‎בָּזָ֑זוּ‎ Num 31:9 suffix ‎וּבְזָזוּם‎ consecutive Jer 20:5 1 plural ‎בָּזַזְנוּ‎ Deut 2:35 ‎בַּזּוֺנוּ‎ Deut 3:7 Imperfect 2 masculine singular ‎תָּבֹז‎ Deut 20:14, plural ‎יָ֫בֹזּוּ‎ Isa 10:2 + 2 t.; ‎וַיָּ֫בֹזּוּ‎ Gen 34:27 + 4 t.; suffix ‎יְבָזּוּם‎ Zeph 2:9 2 masculine plural ‎תָּבֹ֫זוּ‎ Josh 8:2 1 plural cohortative ‎נָבֹ֫זָה‎ 1Sam 14:36 (compare Ges^{«GKC:67»§ 67} R. 11); Imperative ‎בֹּ֫זּוּ‎ Nah 2:10* (twice in verse); Infinitive construct ‎בֹּז‎ Isa 10:6 + 3 t.; ‎בּוֺז‎ Esth 3:13; Esth 8:11 Participle active plural ‎˜בְֹּזַזִים‎ Isa 42:24; 2Chr 20:25 suffix ‎˜בְֹּזַזַיִךְ‎ Jer 30:16, ‎˜בְֹּזַזֵינוּ‎ Isa 17:14, ‎˜בְֹּזַזֵיהֶם‎ Ezek 39:10 passive ‎בָּזוּז‎ Isa 42:22 — spoil = take as spoil, with accusative of thing Num 31:9; Deut 2:35 (with ‎לְ‎ & reflexive suffix) Jer 20:5; Ezek 26:12; Nah 2:10*; Ps 109:11 oftener with accusative of congnate meaning with verb, ‎בַּז‎ Num 31:32; Isa 10:6 (|| ‎שָׁלַל שָׁלָל‎, as often) Isa 33:23; Ezek 29:19; Ezek 38:12; Ezek 38:13 ‎בִּזָּה‎ 2Chr 25:13 ‎שָׁלָל‎ Deut 3:7; Deut 20:14 (both followed by ‎לְ‎ with reflexive suffix) 2Chr 20:25 (twice in verse); 2Chr 28:8; Esth 3:13; Esth 8:11 ‎בהמה‎ & ‎שׁלל‎ Josh 8:2; Josh 8:27; Josh 11:14 (all followed by ‎לְ‎ with reflexive suffix); object person carried off (compare ‎בַּז‎) Gen 34:29 (ᵑ0, but compare Ol); plunder, despoil, with accusative of person robbed Isa 10:2; Isa 11:14; Isa 17:14 (‎שׁסה‎) Isa 42:22 (|| id.) Zeph 2:9; Jer 30:16; Ezek 39:10 (twice in verse); with ‎בָּהֶם‎ (person) 1Sam 14:36 with accusative of place plundered Gen 34:27; 2Kgs 7:16; 2Chr 14:13* absolute Num 31:53; Isa 42:24. Niph`al Perfect ‎וְנָבֹ֫זוּ‎ consecutive Amos 3:11 Imperfect 2 masculine singular ‎תִּבּוֺז‎ Isa 24:3 Infinitive absolute ‎הִבּוֺז‎ Isa 24:3 — be spoiled, plundered, subject ‎ארמנות‎ Amos 3:11 ‎הארץ‎ Isa 24:3 ‎הִבּוֺז תִּבּוֺז‎ (|| ‎הִבּוֺק תִּבּוֺק‎). Pu`al Perfect ‎וּבֻזָּ֑זוּ‎ consecutive Jer 50:37 — be taken as spoil, subject ‎אוצרת‎.

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