Word Study · Strong's H1217 · Hebrew
בָּצֵק
batseq
baw-tsake'
Strong's 1890 spelling: bâtsêq
“dough (as swelling by fermentation)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
dough (as swelling by fermentation)
Rendered in the KJV as
dough, flour.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- בָּצֵ֑ק1
- בָּצֵ֖ק1
- בְּצֵק֖וֹ1
- הַבָּצֵ֜ק1
- הַבָּצֵ֤ק1
How it is rendered · 4
- the dough2
- [the] dough1
- dough1
- dough its1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · masculine singular2
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 2
- HTd/Ncmsa · 2
- HNcmsc/Sp3ms · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus2 occurrences
- Exodus 12:34בְּצֵק֖וֹbetzekonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularSo the people took their dough before it was leavened, carrying it on their shoulders in kneading bowls wrapped in clothing.here: dough its
- Exodus 12:39הַבָּצֵ֜קhabatzekthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSince their dough had no leaven, the people baked what they had brought out of Egypt into unleavened loaves. For when they had been driven out of Egypt, they could not delay and had not prepared any provisions for themselves.here: the dough
Same headword in Strong's