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# בּוּז

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H936

**despise** — used 14 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

despise [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/936/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

בּוּז: vb. despise [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/936/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. despise (NH id.)— Pf. 3 ms. בַּז Zc 4:10 (Köi. 439); fem. בָּזָ֫ה 2 K 19:21 (GK 72l) Impf. יָבוּז Pr 23:9; 3 fs. וְתָבֻז Pr 30:17; 2 ms. תָּבוּז (juss.) Pr 23:22; pl. יָבוּזוּ Pr 6:30 Ct 8:7; יָבֻזוּ Ct 8:1; Inf. abs. בּוֹז Ct 8:7; Pt. Pr 11:12 + 12 times;—despise, shew despite toward (WisdLt & poet.) c. acc. Pr 1:7; c. Inf. + ל Pr 30:17; elsewhere sq. ל + noun, Pr 6:30; 11:12; 13:13; 14:21; 23:9, 22 Ct 8:1, 7(×2) Zc 4:10.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: \[one who\] despises (3); people will despise (2); she has despised (2).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 1:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.1.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.1.7/#tree)

יִרְאַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה רֵאשִׁ֣ית דָּ֑עַת חָכְמָ֥ה וּ֝מוּסָ֗ר אֱוִילִ֥ים בָּֽזוּ׃פ

*Word for word:* the.fear of.Yahweh \[is.the\].beginning of.knowledge wisdom and discipline fools they.despise

*JPS 1917:* The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and discipline.

[Proverbs 11:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.11.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.11.12/#tree)

בָּז־לְרֵעֵ֥הוּ חֲסַר־לֵ֑ב וְאִ֖ישׁ תְּבוּנ֣וֹת יַחֲרִֽישׁ׃

*Word for word:* \[one.who\].despises (to) neighbor his \[is\].lacking of.heart and a.person of.understanding(s) he.keeps.quiet

*JPS 1917:* He that despiseth his neighbour lacketh understanding; but a man of discernment holdeth his peace.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/936.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/936/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).