Lexicon
בֵּיצָה
be.tsah
H1000
H:N-F Hebrew

egg

6
Occurrences
3
Books
Hebrew
Language

be.tsah denotes eggs as objects in nests, on the ground, or associated with hatching and danger.

The term denotes eggs in concrete settings: eggs under a bird, abandoned eggs gathered, eggs left on the earth, and eggs associated with a serpent and hatching. The supplied verses show no distinct lexical use beyond these contexts.

Senses in use

  1. Eggs in nesting, gathering, and hatching scenes · dominant

    In Deuteronomy 22:6 the plural absolute forms occur with a bird's nest and a mother sitting upon the young or upon the eggs; the APB renders the clause with “eggs.” Isaiah 10:14 describes gathering abandoned eggs, Job 39:14 has plural construct forms for eggs left to the earth, and Isaiah 59:5 places plural construct forms in clauses about breaking, eating, and crushing serpent eggs; the APB renders each setting with “eggs.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently presents the relevant clauses with “eggs,” including eggs in a nest, abandoned eggs, serpent eggs, and eggs left to the earth. This reflects the clauses as rendered rather than a precise token-by-token equivalence.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture