A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature/בזך - בחורא
בזך, בזכא, v. בזיך h. a. ch.
בזל, ברזל (Pa. of בזל, בז, v. בזא II) to scatter, to distribute by shaking (cmp. בדר Pa. 2). Sabb. 66b וכ׳ וליבזוליה Ms. M. a. oth. (ed. לברזוליה, לברזליה) et him shake it (the ant in the tube) to pieces and carry it off.
בילי, v. ביזלי.
בזע (בז, v. בזי II; cmp. בצע, פצע &c.) to split, per- forate, rend. Targ. Gen. XXXVII, 29 (ed. Berl. Pa.). Targ. Ps. LXXVIII, 13; a. fr. - Y. M. Kat. III, 83d top ובזעון and rent them (his garments); Y. Snh. II, 20a top ובזעיה (corr. acc.). Lev. R. s. 6; Lam. R. to II, 17 (expl. אמרתו בצע ib.) ב׳ פורפיריה He rent His purple (allowed the Temple curtain to be cut through by Titus). Pa. בזע same. Targ. Ps. LXXVIII, 15; a. e. (Var. Pe., v. supra). - Part. pass. מבזע. Targ. Josh. IX, 4. -- Y. Kil. IX, 32b top; Y. Keth. XII, 35a top מבזעין מאנוי his gar- ments torn. Y. Kidd. I, 60a top בידיה מבזעא והיא and it (the wine botte) bursts in his hand; v. infra. thpa. אתבזע, thpe.אתבזע, contr. איבזע to be split, rent. Targ. Num. XVI, 31; a. fr. Y. Ab. Zar. III, 42c top א׳ וכ׳ ימא the lake of Tib. was split. Ib. מתבזע. Ib. II, 41c top זיקיה אתבזעת his wine bottle burst. Ib. V, 45a top בידיה מיבזעא והיא, v. supra. Bekh. 36a שיפתיה איבזע׳ his lip was slit; a. e.
בזק m. (b. h.; v. next w.) [shattering, splitting,] lightning. Y. B. Mets. V, 11a top (citing the Mishnah) הב׳ והבריקה [not דב׳] and lightning struck her (affecting her feet, v. אבזקת).
בזק (בז, v. בזי II; cmp. בדק) to break, crush. Erub. X, 14 (104a) וכ׳ מלח בוזקין you may crush salt (lumps) on the steps (that the priests should not slip). Gen. R. s. 50, beg. (expl. הבזק כמראה, Ezek. I, 14) בוזק שהוא כזה וכ׳ as one who crushes pieces of peat in the stove (when the flames break forth). *if. נבזק (cmp. בזק) to be split in flashes, to flash (used of the divine spirit). Gen. R. s. 26 נבזקת היא הרוח וכ׳ the spirit flashes in (seizes) one of mnan's limbs, . .m הגוף בכל the entire body.
בזק ch. same. - Pa. בזק to cast (or shoot) a mass of fragments (as from a catapult). Snh. 108b עפרא בהון ב׳ וכ׳ Ar. (ed. שדינן והוה) he shot at them with dust and it turned into swords &c. *B. Bath. 73a מבזק כי והוה דברזלא גירוי ארבעין and there was a flash as if one shot forty arrows of iron (v. Koh. Ar. Compl. s. v. בזק, note 5). -- Ed. דחרדלא גריוי ארב׳ מבזר כי like one scattering forty measures of mustard [from a confusion of which two versions the variants in Mss. a. in Ar. arose, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note. - Ar. כמיבזק Ithpe.]. Ithpe., contr. איבזיק to be broken. Yoma 22b how do you know that Hazek (I Sam. XI, 8, v. next w.) is here used דמיבזיק לישנא in the sense of being broken (a frag- ment of pottery); perhaps it is the name of a place? B. Bath. 73a Ar., v. supra.
בזק m. (preced.) fragment, piece of pottery, pebble (testa). Yoma 22b, v. preced. Tanh. Ki Thissa 9 ב׳ ומהו וכ׳ what is begek?h Answ. he took a pebble &cc.
בזקא, ביזקא ch. same. Targ. Prov. XXVI, 8 Ar. (ed. ניקצא, Ms. ניסקא). -- Pl. בזקיא. Pesik. Shek. p. 18a when they were poor, ב׳ באילין Ar. (ed. בזקיא) they were counted with broken pieces of pottery, when rich with lambs (ed. reverse order); Num. R. s. 2 בזקייה.
בזקה, Y. Kidd. I, 60b top, v. זיקא III.
בזר (b. h., בז, v. בזע) to strew, scatter. Kerith. 6b בוזרה Ar. (ed. incorr. בזורה, v. Rashi a. l.) he scatters it, lest it may decay. Pi. בזר same. Part. pass. מבוזר. Sifra B'har ch. I אאבל המב׳ מן בוצר אתה ed. Ven. a. oth. (Var. המופקר) but. you may gather (in the Sabbath year) the grapes from (broken) branches lying scattered on the ground, Opp. בארן השמור the vine seated in the ground (Y. Shebi. VII, 38b top המובקר).
בזר ch. same. Pa. בזר. B. Bath. 73a, v. בזק.
בזרא, ביזרא m. (=זרעא בר, v. Nold. Mand. Gr. p. 55) seed. Targ. Y. Gen. I, 11 sq. (O. זרעא בר). Ib. v. 29. f. Snh. 93a, v. אספסתא. B. Mets. 74b בי׳ יהיב אריסא the tenant furnishes the seed; a. fr. Erub. 53a ביזרא Ar. (Mss. a. ed. בירא, v. also Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 1); v. אצבעא. B. Bath. 73a; v. בזקא. - Sabb. 140b וכ׳ ב׳ נקיט Ar. (ed. reversed order a. כורא, Var. ברזא, סורא, a. בורא דחספא, v. בורא II) he (R. Hisda) took a (valueless) seed grain in one hand and a pearl in the other; the pearl he showed to them (his daughters), but he would not show them the seed grain until they were excited, and then he showed it (as an illustration of the folly of curiosity). [Ar., with a Var. ברזא, translates, a valueless pebbleבזקא=מ q. v., which seems to be confirmed by the vers.דחספא בורא (read בז׳ forבו׳) a fragment of an earthen vessel.] [Rashi's interpretation is grammatically forced and out of harmony with the natural reserve of a father towards his daughters.] [Ib. 103a דקרא לביז׳ for (putting in) tthe seed of a pumpkin (Ar. לבורא, ed. Koh. לבירא, Ms. M. דקירא לבירא as a cavity for planting &c.).]-- Pl. בזרי, ביז׳. Hull. 51b ב׳ דעביד when the flax stalks have seminal vessels. Ib. 60b ב׳ ביה שדא Ar. (ed. ביזרני) he put seed into it.
בזרנא, ביזרנא m. (collect. noun, v. preced.); pl. בזרני, בי׳ various seeds. Kidd. 39a. Hull. 60b; v. preced. Bets. 15a דב׳ (צררי) the folds (pockets) wherein the seeds are carried. Gitt. 68b.
בזתא f. (בוז) disgrace. Targ. Job XII, 19.
בזתא c, v. ביזא.
בחור m. (b. h. בחר) 1) chosen. Sabb. 105a (ref. to אב, Gen. XVII, 5) I have made thee אב a father of the nations, וכ׳ נתתיך ב׳ I have made thee a chosen one among the nations. Gen. R. s. 76, beg.; a. fr. -- 2) yoing