בצע (ⱱʦˊ) — to cut off / to break off / to complete

Notes: Passage: OET JOL 2:8
RSV NRSV ESV "are halted" REB "halt" GNT "stop" CEV "retreat" | NIV NJB "breaking ranks" | NJPS "get hurt"

Form 1

Part of speech: vb

Related lemmas: בֶּצַע

Sense 1: to cut off, to break off

Semantic domains: Detach (002003001008)

Core domains: Completeness (038)

Definition: = causative action by which someone severs a link between one object and a larger object of which it used to be a part

Forms: vbqal-; vbpiel

Show passage in OET: ISA 38:12

OET-RV ISA 38:12

12 The body that I live in has been pulled up and removed from over me like a shepherd’s tent.
⇔ ≈ I’ve rolled my life up like a weaver cutting me off from the loom.
⇔ From day until night, you make an end of me—

OET-LV ISA 38:12

12 Dwelling-place _of_my it _has _been _pulled _up and_it _has _been _removed from_me like_the _tent _of my _shepherd I _have _rolled _up like_weaver life _of_my from_the_loom he_cuts _me _off from_day unto night you_make _an _end _of _me.

Show passage in OET: AMO 9:1

OET-RV AMO 9:1

9 I saw my master standing beside the altar, and he said,
⇔ “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the foundations will shake.
⇔ Break them in pieces onto all their heads,
⇔ and I will kill the last of them with the sword.
⇔ Not one of them will get away.
⇔ ≈ Not one of them will escape.

OET-LV AMO 9:1

9 I _saw DOM my_master standing on the_altar and_he/it _said strike the_capital so_ the_thresholds _that _they _may _shake and_break_them _off on_the _head _of all _of _them _of_their and_posterity _of_their by_sword I _will _kill not he _will _flee to/for_them one _who_flees and_not he _will _escape to/for_them an _escapee.

Jump to OET ISA 38:12 section.

Jump to OET AMO 9:1 section.

Sense 2: to complete, to carry out, to finish

Semantic domains: Complete (002001003003)

Core domains: Stage (168); Success and Failure (173)

Definition: = a causative process by which deities or humans bring a process to its end by completing it in its entirety

Forms: vbpiel

Show passage in OET: ISA 10:12

OET-RV ISA 10:12

12 In due course, when my master has finished all his work against Mt. Tsiyon (Zion) and against Yerushalem, I’ll deal with the result of the Assyrian king’s proud plans and the arrogant attitude that he displays,

OET-LV ISA 10:12

12 And_it _was if/because my_master he _will _finish DOM all _of work _of_his on_the _mountain _of Tsiyyōn/(Zion) and_in_Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) I _will _visit_judgement on the _fruit _of the _greatness _of the _heart _of the _king _of ʼAshshūr and_on the _glory _of the _haughtiness _of his _eyes _of_his.

Show passage in OET: LAM 2:17

OET-RV LAM 2:17

17 Yahweh has done what he planned.
⇔ He’s fulfilled the message that he commanded in ancient times.
⇔ He has overthrown and shown no compassion,
⇔ and the enemy rejoiced over you.
⇔ He has enabled your enemies to get stronger.

OET-LV LAM 2:17

17 YHWH he _has _done what he _planned he _has _fulfilled message _of_his which he _commanded from_days _of antiquity he _has _torn _down and_not he _has _spared and_he _has _made _rejoice on_you an _enemy he _has _lifted _up the _horn _of your(pl)_foes _of_your.

Jump to OET ISA 10:12 section.

Jump to OET LAM 2:17 section.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

ISA: OET ISA 10:12

LAM: OET LAM 2:17

ZEC: OET ZEC 4:9

Sense 3: to be cut off

Semantic domains: Dead (002001001019)

Core domains: Life and Death (099)

Definition: = process by which someone's life comes to an end, as if being cut off from the community of the living

Forms: vbqal-

Synonyms: שׁלה

Show passage in OET: JOB 27:8

OET-RV JOB 27:8

8 What hope do godless people have
⇔ when he cuts them off,
⇔ ≈ when God takes away their lives?

OET-LV JOB 27:8

8 If/because what is_the_hope _of a _godless_person if/because he _will _cut _off if/because god he _will _take _away life _of_his.

Show passage in OET: JER 51:13

OET-RV JER 51:13

13 You people who live by many water supplies and who are rich with treasures, your end has come.
⇔ The thread of your life is now cut short.

OET-LV JER 51:13

13 Oh_you _who_dwell _of at waters many greatness _of treasures end _of_your the _cubit _of your _cutting _off _of_your it _has _come.

Jump to OET JOB 27:8 section.

Jump to OET JER 51:13 section.

Sense 4: to cut off, to do away with

Semantic domains: Dead (002001001019)

Core domains: Life and Death (099)

Definition: = causative action by which a deity ends someone's life, as if cutting that person off from the community of the living

Forms: vbpiel

Show passage in OET: JOB 6:9

OET-RV JOB 6:9

9 If only God would be willing to crush me.
⇔ ≈ May he play his hand and cut me off.

OET-LV JOB 6:9

9 And_ god _may _he _be _willing and_may_he _crush _me may _he _loosen his/its_hand and_may_he _cut _me _off.

Jump to OET JOB 6:9 section.

Sense 5: to be stopped, to be halted

Semantic domains: Non-Move (002002001012)

Core domains: Stage (168); Success and Failure (173)

Definition: exact meaning unsure; possibly: = process by which an event comes to a standstill because someone or something makes it impossible to continue

Forms: vbqal-

Show passage in OET: JOL 2:8

OET-RV JOL 2:8

8 There’s no jostling each other—
⇔ each man marches straight forward.
⇔ They handle those who present weapons against them
⇔ and their progress isn’t interrupted.

OET-LV JOL 2:8