the men were seated beneath it; [Succ. 51b גזוזטרא, Ms.
M. גזוזטראות; Tosef. ib. IV, 1 גז׳ שלשl. [The variations
כצוצרא, כצוצטרא &c., v. Rabb. D. S. to Sabb. 96a, Erub. 78b
notes, a. Ar. s. v. גזוזטרא, are clerical errors induced by
assonance with the synonymous גזוזטרא. 'bmg~~ as
balcony, for h. עליה, Symm. II Kings I, 2, is itself an
adaptation of גזוזטרא.]
בצוצריות, בצרצריות f. pl. (בצר, v. preced.) en- gines of siege or defence (v. אהלית). Pesik. Hahod. p. 47a; Shub. p. 163b (for Var. Lect., v. Bub. notes a. l.); Pesik. R. s. 15. Midr. Till. to Ps. II, end אני וב׳ אהליות שמא צריך do I need camps and engines (for demolishing the world)?; Yalk. Ps. 623 צוצריות (corr. acc.). V. קסטריות.
בצורת f. (b. h. בצרת, בצרה; בצר) scarcity of pro- vision, dearth. Ab. V, 8 וכ׳ ב׳ של רעב a famine in con- sequence of high prices, when some are hungry, others are satisfied, ב׳ ושל מהומה של רעב a famine through political disturbances and through dearth. Gen. R. s. 33 ב׳ שנת a year of dearth. Taan. III, 1 ב׳ מכת, expl. ib. 19b ב׳ לידי המביאה מכה a calamity which will produce dearth (want of rain in season).
בצורתא (ביצורתא, ביצרתא, כו׳) ch. same. Targ. Jer. XVII, 8 (ed. Vil. בצורתא); a. fr. - Taan. 19ab וכ׳ ב׳ אנהרא נהרא when provision has to be imported on rivers (canals), it is called ב׳, when from one country to another it is called כפנא. Keth. 97a. -- Pl. בצורתא. Targ. Jer. XIV, 1 (some ed. בוצרתא).
בצורתא (בצירתא, ביצורתא) f.=h. גזרה. balcony (v. בצוצרה). Targ. Ezek. XLI, 13 sq.; a. fr. --
בצים, v. ביצה.
בצים, v. בצה. בציר I m. (b. h.; בצר) vintage, harvesting. Peah VII, 7; a. fr. - Y. B. Bath. III, 14a top וכ׳ ב׳. . . .. שנים כ׳ three undisturbed grain crops, three grape harvests &c.; v. Bab. ib. 36b. V. בצירה.
בציר II, בציר ch. m. (בצר)diminished, small; (adv.) less, least. Targ. Y. Gen. lI, I6; a. e. - Snh. 108b. B. Mets. 21b מהכי ב׳ less than this; a. fr. -- V. ביצירתא.
בציר to be less, v. בצר.
בצירא, v. בצר, end.
בצירה f. =בציר I. Sabb. 17a הב׳ בשעת when they are cut; a. fr. -- Pl. בצירות. B. Bath. 36b ב׳ ג׳ שיבצור עד, v. בציר.
בצירתא, v. בצורתא.
בצל (בץ, cmp. פצל) to peel; to split, branch off. Lam. R. introd.; Koh. R. to XII, 7 (interpret. הדרך אם Ezek. XXI, 26) דבצלית אמה (אם) an arm which branches off (direction post on the cross-road). Ithpe. איבציל (denom. of בצלא) to grow bulbous. Erub. 29b top זירתא אי׳ (ed. Pesaro a. Ar. אפציל, Var. אבציל) the bulb has grown to the length of a span.
בצל m. (b. h.; v. preced.) onion. Nidd. 17a; a. fr. - Maasr. V, 7 (8) רכפה של ב׳, expl. in Y. ib. 52a 'the stalk of which is pressed inward'; oth. opin. 'which has no acerbity', v. ארס. - Pl. בצלים. Shebi. II, 9 הסריסים הב׳ which produce no seeds. Ib. V, 4 הקיצונים ב׳ summer onions; a. fr. -- Ikts. II, 8 ב ובני ב׳ עלי the leek ike sprouts, and the central sprouts of onions. Gen. R. s. 82 (ref. to Obbad. 6) ב׳ קליפת (not בצליא) like peeling onions (aying bare Esau's shame).
בצלא, v. בוצלא.
בצלאל pr. n. m. (b. h.) Bezaleel; 1) the artificer of the Tabemacle. Ber. 55a. Ex. R. s. 48; a. fr. -- 2) R. B., an Amora. Cant. R. to III, 11 ב׳ ר׳ בשם ברכיה ר׳ (Num. R. s. 12 בצלה; Pesik. Vayhi, p. 4b לוי; Yalk. Ex. 369 only ר׳ בשם).
בצלה, v. preced.
בצלים, ב׳ עלי pr. n. m. Ale B'tsalim (Onion Leaves). Y. Snh. VI, 23c bot.; Y. Hag. II, 77d bot. Miriam, the daughter of A. B. (prob. a nickname).
בצלצול m. (dimin. of בצל) dwarf-onion, (pallacana). Kil. I, 3; v. Y. ib. 27a. [Maim.; desert onion.]
בצע (b. h.; בץ; cmp. בזע, בקע, פצע) 1) to cut, break, esp. to break bread and say the blessing. Hull. 7b מימיו וכ׳ על ב׳ לא never said grace over a piece of bread which was not his own (never accepted an invitation). Ber. 46a וכ׳ בוצע בע״הב the host breaks the bread and the guest says grace after meal. Ib. 47a וכ׳ לבצוע רשאי הבוצע אין he who is chosen to break the bread, must not begin to break until the Amen of those that respond (to the bless- ing) is finished; a. fr. -- 2) to split the diference, to ad- jast, compromise. Snh. 6b top לבצוע . . . . . נגמר after the legal proceedings are closed, thou must not act as an arbiter in a compromise. Ib. לב׳ אסור the court is for- bidden to attempt a settlement (you must let the law take its course). Ib. לב׳ מצוה it is a meritorious act to bring about a settlement. Ib. (before having formed an opinion the judge may say) ובצעו צאו go out and settle; a. fr. Pi. בצע to aeiust. Y. Snh. I, 18b top חוטא המבצע the judge who settles a case is a sinner. Ib. לבצע (interch. with לבצוע). V. ביצוע.
בצע ch. same. 1) to break. B. Bath. 91b ב׳ הוה כד וכ׳ ינוקא when a child broke apart a piece of St. John's bread. Sabb. 140b, v. ביעועא. --- *2) to tear away, rescue (cmp. פצי). Targ. Job XXXIII, 18 יבצע Ms. (ed. ימנע). Pa. בצע to break. Targ. O. Lev. II, 6 (Var. בצע Pe.). [Y. Taan. IV, 69b; Y. Meg. I, 70a bot. מבצע (Cant. R. to I, 16 מצנעה) read; מנצב, מנצבה, v. נצב.]
בצעה f. (בצע, cmp. בצה) ditch, dike, pond. - Pl. בצעים, בצעין, בי׳. Tosef. Snh. III, 4 בצעין שתי ed. Zuck. (Var. ביצועין); Shebu. 16a וכ׳ בצעים שני Ar. (read שתי, ed. ביצעין, Ms. M. בצעי׳) there were two ponds (reservoirs)
