Lexical Definition

‎בָּשָׂר‎ bâsâr (baw-sawr') flesh ^H:N-M
from ‎בָּשַׂר‎

body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.

• flesh (from its freshness)
• by extension, body, person
• also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman

1) flesh
1a) of the body
1a1) of humans
1a2) of animals
1b) the body itself
1c) male organ of generation (euphemism)
1d) kindred, blood-relations
1e) flesh as frail or erring (man against God)
1f) all living things
1g) animals
1h) mankind

See Greek: ἄνθρωπος · δόξα · κρέας · σάρκινος · σάρξ · σπέρμα · σῶμα · χρώς

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בָּשָׂר‎₂₆₆ noun masculine flesh (compare Arabic skin, Syriac , Assyrian bišru, blood-relation, Dl^{Assyrian Stud. i. 143, compare Pr. 170}, Sabean ‎בשר תורם‎ flesh of bulls) — Gen 2:21 + 126 t.; construct ‎בְּשַׂר‎ Gen 17:11 + 40 t.; suffix ‎בּשָׂרִי‎ etc. Ps 16:9 + 96 t.; plural ‎בְּשָׂרִים‎ Prov 14:30 —

1. of the body:
a. of animals Gen 41:2-19; Exod 21:28; Exod 22:30*; Num 12:12 (E) Num 11:4-33 (JE) Gen 9:4 + (P 30 t.) Deut 12:15 + (D 9 t.) Judg 6:19-21; 1Sam 2:13; 1Sam 2:15; 1Kgs 17:6; 1Kgs 19:21; Job 31:31; Job 41:15*; Ps 50:13; Prov 23:20; Isa 22:13; Isa 44:16; Isa 44:19; Isa 65:4; Isa 66:17; Jer 7:21; Jer 11:15; Ezek 4:14 + 6 t. Dan 10:3; Hos 8:13; Mic 3:3; Hag 2:12; Zech 11:9; Zech 11:16.
b. of men Gen 40:19 (E) Gen 2:21; Exod 4:7 (J) Lev 12:3; Lev 13:2 + 16 t. Lev 26:29 (P) Deut 28:53; Deut 28:55; Deut 32:42; Judg 8:7; 1Sam 17:44; 1Kgs 4:34; 1Kgs 5:10*; 1Kgs 5:14*; 1Kgs 6:30; 1Kgs 9:36; Job 2:5; Job 4:15; Job 6:12; Job 7:5; Job 10:11; Job 13:14; Job 19:20; Job 19:22; Job 21:6; Job 33:21; Job 33:25; Ps 27:2; Ps 38:4*; Ps 38:8*; Ps 79:2; Ps 102:6*; Ps 109:24; Prov 4:22; Prov 5:11; Isa 9:19*; Isa 17:4; Isa 49:26; Isa 37:6; Isa 37:8; Isa 39:17; Isa 39:18; . The flesh of the body is contrasted with stone Ezek 11:19; Ezek 36:26.

2. flesh for the body itself (especially in P): ‎על בשׂר אדם לא ייסך‎ upon the body of man it shall not be poured Exod 30:32 (P); ‎מכנסי בד ילבשׁ על בשׂרו‎ linen drawers shall he put on his body Lev 6:3*; Lev 16:4 (P); ‎וישׂם שׂק‎ ‎על בשׂרו‎ 1Kgs 2:27; ‎ורחץ את בשׂרו‎ and he shall bath his body Lev 14:9; Lev 15:13; Lev 15:16; Lev 16:24; Lev 16:26; Lev 16:28; Lev 17:16; Lev 22:6; Num 19:7; Num 19:8 (P); ‎שׂרט לנפשׁ לא תתנו בכשׂרכם‎ ye shall not put any cutting for any one in your body Lev 19:28 compare Lev 21:5 (P); ‎והעבירו תער על כל בשׂרם‎ and they shall pass a razor over all their body Num 8:7 (P). Ecclesiastes uses ‎בשׂר‎ only in this sense Eccl 2:3; Eccl 4:5; Eccl 5:5*; Eccl 11:10; Eccl 12:12 elsewhere this usage only in poetry; the body antithetical to ‎נפשׁ‎ Job 14:22; Isa 10:18; Ps 63:2* ‎לב‎ Ps 16:9; Ps 84:3*; Prov 14:30 (only here emphatic plural = entire body Bö^{§ 695}, Leiblichkeit De); ‎מִבְּשָׂרִי‎ apart from my body, in disembodied state Job 19:26 ‎סמר מפחדך בשׂרי‎ my body trembleth for fear of thee Ps 119:120.

3. make organ of generation (euphemism): ‎בְּשַׂר עָרְלַתְכֶם‎ Gen 17:11; Gen 17:14; Gen 17:23; Gen 17:24; Gen 17:25 (P); ‎בשׂר ערוה‎ Exod 28:42 (P), but ‎בשׂר‎ Gen 17:14; Lev 15:2-19 (P) Ezek 16:26; Ezek 23:20; Ezek 44:7; Ezek 44:9.

4. flesh for kindred, blood-relations: ‎עצם מעצמי ובשׂר מבשׂרי‎ bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh Gen 2:23 (J); ‎והיו לבשׂר אחד‎ and they shall become one flesh Gen 2:24 (J); ‎עצמי ובשׂרי‎ Gen 29:14 (J) Judg 9:2; 2Sam 5:1; 2Sam 19:13*; 2Sam 19:14*; 1Chr 11:1 ‎בשׂר‎ with suffix in same sense Gen 37:27 (J) Neh 5:5; Isa 58:7, for which ‎שְׁאֵר בשׂרו‎ near of kin, man or woman Lev 18:6; Lev 25:49 (both H; Lev 25:49 || ‎מִשְׁפָּחָה‎, compare RS_k¹⁴⁹).

5. man over against God as frail or erring Gen 6:3 (J) Ps 56:5*; Ps 78:39 eyes of flesh Job 10:4 arm of flesh 2Chr 32:8; Jer 17:5 horses are flesh not spirit Isa 31:3

6. the phrase ‎׃כָּלבָּֿשָׂר‎
a. all living beings Gen 6:17; Gen 6:19; Gen 7:21; Gen 9:11; Gen 9:15; Gen 9:16; Gen 9:17; Lev 17:14; Num 18:15 (P) Job 34:15; Ps 136:25.
b. animals Gen 7:15; Gen 7:16; Gen 8:17 (P).
c. mankind Gen 6:12; Gen 6:18; Num 16:22; Num 27:16 (P) Deut 5:28; Ps 65:3*; Ps 145:21; Isa 40:5; Isa 40:6; Isa 49:26; Isa 66:16; Isa 66:23; Isa 66:24; Jer 12:12; Jer 25:31; Jer 32:27; Jer 45:5; Ezek 21:4*; Ezek 21:9*; Ezek 21:10*; Joel 3:1*; Zech 2:17* compare ‎כל בשׂר אישׁ‎ Job 12:10.

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