Lexical Definition

‎בַּצֹּרֶת‎ batstsôreth (bats-tso'-reth) drought ^H:N-F
feminine intensive from ‎בָּצַר‎

dearth, drought.

• restraint (of rain), i.e. drought

1) dearth, drought, destitution

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בַּצֹּרֶת‎ noun feminine dearth (compare following), ‎׳‎‎שְׁנַת בּ‎ Jer 17:8.

‎בַּצָּרָה‎ noun feminine dearth, destitution (i.e. diminution, compare PS⁵⁷²; see also verb ‎בצר‎ ᵑ7 Prov 14:28 people reduced) — dearth (= ‎בצרת‎) ‎׳‎‎עִתּוֺת בּ‎ Ps 9:10*; Ps 10:1 plural ‎בַּצָּרוֺת‎ Jer 14:1.

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