בָּזָה

Qal Perfect 4 Mos 15,31 +; בָּזִיתָ 2 Sam 12,9 suffix בְּזִתָ֑נִי 2 Sam 12,10, etc.; Imperfect וַיִּ֫בֶז 1 Mos 25,34; Est 3,6 suffix וַיִּבְזֵהוּ 1 Sam 17,42 3 feminine singular וַתִּכֶז 2 Sam 6,16; 1 Kron 15,29 2 masculine singular תִּבְזֶה Sl 51,19; Sl 73,20 וַיִּבְזוּ Neh 2,19 וַיִּבְזֻהוּ 1 Sam 10,27 Infinitive construct בְּזֹה Es 49,7 (Di Ew^{§ 150 b}); Participle active בּוֺזֶה Ord 15,20; Ord 19,16 בּוֺזֵהוּ Ord 14,2 בּוֺזִים 2 Kron 36,16 בּוֺזֵי Mal 1,6 suffix בֹּזַי 1 Sam 2,30 passive בָּזוּי Jer 49,15 +; feminine בְּזוּיָה Praed 9,16 — despise, regard with contempt, followed by accusative of thing, birthright 1 Mos 25,34 (J); words of ׳י 4 Mos 15,31 (P; not elsewhere in Hexateuch); 2 Sam 12,9 compare 2 Kron 36,16 name of ׳י Mal 1,6 (twice in verse) (compare below); oath (אָלָה) Ezk 16,59; Ezk 17,16; Ezk 17,18; Ezk 17,19 holy things Ezk 22,8 one's own ways Ord 19,16 (i.e. is careless of them, lives recklessly, opposed to שֹׁמֵר נַפְשׁוֺ, compare נֹצֵר דַּרְכּוֺ Ord 16,17); distress of the distressed Sl 22,25 (|| שִׁקֵּץ, subject ׳י); prayer, subject id. Sl 102,18 broken & contrite heart Sl 51,9 (with לֹא), compare on other hand Sl 73,20 followed by accusative of person Saul 1 Sam 10,27, David 1 Sam 17,42 compare Ord 15,20, ׳י 1 Sam 2,30; 2 Sam 12,10; Ord 14,2, his prisoners Sl 69,34 (subject ׳י); followed by לְ, וַתִּבֶז לוֺ בְּלִבָּהּ 2 Sam 6,16 = 1 Kron 15,29; 2 Kong 19,21 = Es 37,22 followed by עַל person Neh 2,19 followed by Infinitive וַיִּבֶז בְּעֵינָיו לִשְׁלֹחַ יָד Est 3,6 note especially בְּזֹה נֶפֶשׁ Es 49,7 a despising of soul, i.e. one despised from the soul, thoroughly despised; on otherviews see Che Di. Participle passive despised, of person construct בְּזוּי עָם despised of people (|| חֶרְפַּת אָדָם) Sl 22,7, compare בָּזוּי בָאָדָם Jer 49,15 also Ob 1,2 of wisdom Praed 9,16. Niph`al Participle נִבְזֶה Sl 15,4 +; feminine נִבְזָה 1 Sam 15,9 (so read for נמבזָה compare We Dr); plural נִבְזִים Mal 2,9 —

1. despised Sl 15,4; Sl 119,141; Es 53,3 (twice in verse); Jer 22,28.

2. vile, worthless 1 Sam 15,9.

3. despicable, contemptible Mal 1,7 said of table of ׳י, compare vMal 1,12; Mal 2,9; Dan 11,21 as substantive of Antiochus Epiph. Hiph`il Infinitive לְהַבְזוֺת בַּעְלֵיהֶן Est 1,17 so as to cause to despise their lords (cause their lords to be despised).