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bzz (a/u) vb. to despoil, plunder
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Gpəˁalto despoil, plunder3 senses▶
1
to despoil, plunder
Common Aramaic
ADAB A.1:R:2↗ ˀyk zy lˀštrpnyˀ hnškrt zyly hnṣl bzz ˀsr : how he despoiled, plundered, detained my servant camel-drivers ; GenApoc 21.28↗ והווא מחין ובזין מן פורת נהרא‏ : they were striking and plundering from the Euphrates river ; TgJ Jud2:14↗ וֻמסַרִנוּן בְיַד בָזוֹזִין וֻבַזוּ יָתְהוֹן‏ : he delivered to the hand of plunderers and they plundered them ; SR[1].37:2(27)↗ הינון צווחין ליה לאיפרכה נבז {ז}בזתך‏ ; OS MtCur12:29↗ ܐܝܟܢܐ ܓܝܪ ܡܫܟܚ ܐܢܫ ܕܢܥܘܠ ܠܒܝܬܗ ܕܚܣܝܢܐ ܘܢܒܘܙ ܡ̈ܐܢܘܗܝ‏ : for how can a man enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods ; P Gn34:27↗ ܘܒܙܘ ܠܩܪܝܬܐ‏ ; P Ma1:6↗ ܕܒܙܝܢ ܐܢܬܘܢ ܫܡܝ‏
2
metaph.: to waste time
Syr
JS_Elijah 1:447↗ ܠܟܠܗ ܝܘܡܐ ܒܣܪܝܩܘܬܐ ܕܥܘܠܐ ܒܙܘܗܝ‏ : they wasted the entire day with the sinful worthless activity †
3
to glean
Sam
SamTgJ Lev19:10↗ וכרמך לא תבז‏
Dpaˁˁelto despoil (pl.)2 senses▶
1
to despoil (pl.)
LJLA
TgEsth2 8:11(0)↗ וטפליא ונשיא אוף עובדיהון מבזזין‏ : †
2
to despise
Sam
Cˀafˁelto despoil2 senses▶
1
to despoil
JLAtg, Gal
TgJ Is24:1↗ הָא יוי מַבֵיז יָת אַרעָא‏ ; SR[1].37:2(27)↗ נבז זבזתך‏ : I will plunder your ?
(1)
to give up for spoil
Syr
EphFid 79:2.4↗ ܐܡܬܐ ܗܝ ܡܣܝܒܬܐ ܕܒܚܡܪܗ ܡܒܙܐ ܓ̈ܙܝ ܡܪܗ‏ : it is a stinking maidservant who allows her master's treasury to be despoiled while drunk with wine ; P Ma1:6↗ ܒܡܢܐ ܐܒܙܢ ܫܡܟ‏
2
to despise
Sam
Marqe 1.626↗ אביז ממללון ולא שאמון כלום‏ : he despised their talk and did not value them at all
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be despoiled1 sense▶
to be despoiled
JLAtg, CPA, Syr
TgJ Is9:9↗ נִכסַיָא אִתבְזִיזוּ‏ ; TgJ Is24:3↗ אִתבְזָזָא תִתבְזֵיז אַרעָא‏ ; LESC 83.2:3↗ ܐܬܩܛ̈ܠܘ ܘܐܬܒܙܙ ܟܘܠܗ ܥܘܬܪܗܘܢ‏ : they were killed and all their wealth taken ; AphDem2.33:15↗ ܡܐ ܕܨܒܝܬܘܢ ܓܝܪ ܠܡܒܙ ܬܬܒܙܘܢ‏ : what you wished to despoil shall be despoiled
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto be despised1 sense▶
to be despised
Sam
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At P Ho 10:11 for MT יְשַׂדֶּד as if from שׁדד;.
Sam. confounded with bwz vb., q.v.
See also the note s.v. bzy. vb.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 133[63]DJPA: 89aJastrow: 152Drower/Macuch: 58aPayne-Smith: 501J. Payne-Smith: 40Levy Ch-W: 1:87Tal Sam: 89DCPA[Schulthess]: [23b]Qumran: 32

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