Lexicon
בׇּצְרָה
bots.rah
H1224
N:N--L Hebrew

Bozrah

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Occurrences
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Hebrew
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bots.rah is a proper place-name used for a person's origin and for a location named in oracles of fire, slaughter, and desolation.

The term is consistently a proper place-name: it identifies Jobab's origin in Genesis 36:33, names a location associated with Teman in Amos 1:12, and occurs as the setting or target of announced sacrifice, attack, and desolation in Isaiah 34:6, Isaiah 63:1, Jeremiah 49:13, and Jeremiah 49:22.

Senses in use

  1. A named place in narrative and prophetic settings · dominant

    The form is tagged Noun · Proper in every cited occurrence. In Genesis 36:33 the APB renders Jobab as being “from Bozrah”; in Amos 1:12 it renders its citadels as facing fire, while Isaiah 34:6 and Jeremiah 49:13 place sacrifice, slaughter, and desolation at or upon the named location. In Isaiah 63:1 and Jeremiah 49:22, the APB presents it as the place from which a figure comes and over which an attacker spreads his wings.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently presents the proper name as “Bozrah,” whether identifying Jobab's origin, naming citadels and cities, or locating sacrifice, desolation, and an approach. Its surrounding phrasing confirms the verse-level setting rather than supplying a separate definition.

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