Lexical Definition

‎בָּצַר‎ bâtsar (baw-tsar') to gather/restrain/fortify ^H:V
a primitive root; to clip off; specifically (as denominative from ‎בָּצִיר‎)

cut off, (de-) fenced, fortify, (grape) gather(-er), mighty things, restrain, strong, wall (up), withhold.

• to gather grapes
• also to be isolated (i.e. inaccessible by height or fortification)

1) to gather, restrain, fence, fortify, make inaccessible, enclose
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to cut off
1a2) fortified, cut off, made inaccessible (pass participle)
1a3) secrets, mysteries, inaccessible things (subst)
1b) (Niphal) to be withheld
1c) (Piel) to fortify

See Greek: ἀδυνατέω · ἀφαιρέω · ἐκλείπω · ἰσχυρός · ὀχύρωμα · σύμφυτος · τρυγάω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎בָּצַר‎] verb cut off, make inaccessible (especially by fortifying), enclose (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic ‎בְּצַר‎, (Pa`el diminish, substract), perhaps compare Arabic side, edge, , etc., rough stone, land in which are sharp stones (compare Lane)) —

Qal Imperfect ‎יִבְצֹר‎ Ps 76:13* 2 masculine singular ‎תִּבְצֹר‎ Lev 25:5; Deut 24:21, ‎וַיִּבְצְרוּ‎ Judg 9:27, ‎תִּבְצְרוּ‎ Lev 25:11 Participle active ‎בּוֺצֵר‎ Jer 6:9, ‎˜בֹּצְרִים‎ Jer 49:9; Obad 1:5 passive masculine ‎בָּצוּר‎ Zech 11:2 Kt (Qr ‎בָּצִיר‎), feminine ‎בְּצוּרָה‎ Isa 2:15 + 3 t. + Ezek 21:25* see below; plural feminine ‎בְּצוּרוֺת‎ Ezek 36:35, ‎בְּצֻרוֺת‎ Num 13:28 + 14 t., ‎בְּצוּרֹת‎ Deut 1:28; Neh 9:25, ‎בְּצֻרֹת‎ Deut 3:5; Deut 9:1 — cut off, grape-clusters, ‎ענבים‎ Lev 25:5, compare vLev 25:11 (object ‎נזיר‎), Deut 24:21; Judg 9:27 (object in both, ‎כרם‎); hence Participle active grape-gathering, -gatherer Jer 6:9; Jer 49:9; Obad 1:5 figurative cut off (= take away) Ps 76:13* (object ‎רות נגידים‎); most often Passive participle cut off, made inaccessible, De Isa 2:15 = fortified, always f.; generally adjective with ‎עיר‎, ‎ערים‎; Num 13:28; Deut 1:28; Deut 3:5; Deut 9:1; Josh 14:12; 2Sam 20:6; 2Kgs 18:13 = Isa 36:1; 2Kgs 19:25 = Isa 37:26; 2Chr 17:2; 2Chr 19:5; 2Chr 32:1; 2Chr 33:14; Neh 9:25; Isa 25:2; Isa 27:10; Ezek 36:35; Hos 8:14; Zeph 1:16 rarely with ‎חומה‎ Deut 28:52; Isa 2:15; Jer 15:20 ‎׳‎‎יער הב‎ Zech 11:2 (read Kt); once, substantive of secrets, mysteries (= unattainable things) Jer 33:3 — ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Ezek 21:25* ᵐ5 Sm Co ‎בְּתוֺכָהּ‎, doubtless right. Niph`al Imperfect ‎יִבָּצֵר‎ be withheld Gen 11:6 (‎מֵהֶם‎), Job 42:2 (‎מִמְּךָ‎). Pi`el Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎תְּבַצֵּר‎ Jer 51:53 fortify; so Infinitive ‎לְבַּצֵר‎ Isa 22:10.

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