בשר
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Hebrew edit
Etymology edit
| Root |
|---|
| ב־שׂ־ר (b-ś-r) |
From Proto-West Semitic *baśar-. Cognate to Arabic بَشَر (bašar, “human”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): [bɔˈsɔr]
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): [baˈsaʁ]
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /baːˈsaːr/
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Noun edit
בָּשָׂר • (basár) m (plural indefinite בְּשָׂרִים, singular construct בְּשַׂר־, plural construct בִּשְׂרֵי־) [pattern: קָטָל]
- flesh, meat
- Tanach, Deuteronomy 12:20, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- כִּי־יַרְחִיב יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶת־גְּבֻלְךָ כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר־לָךְ וְאָמַרְתָּ אֹכְלָה בָשָׂר כִּי־תְאַוֶּה נַפְשְׁךָ לֶאֱכֹל בָּשָׂר בְּכׇל־אַוַּת נַפְשְׁךָ תֹּאכַל בָּשָׂר׃
- Ki yarḥív Adonái Elohékha et g'vulkhá ka-ashér dibér lakh v-amartá okhlá basár ki t'avá nafsh'khá le'ekhól basár b-khol avvat nafsh'kha tokhál basár.
- When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as He hath promised thee, and thou shalt say: ‘I will eat flesh’, because thy soul desireth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, after all the desire of thy soul.
- body, person
- Tanach, Psalms 145:21, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- תְּהִלַּת יְהֹוָה יְדַבֶּר־פִּי וִיבָרֵךְ כׇּל־בָּשָׂר שֵׁם קׇדְשׁוֹ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד׃
- T'hilát Adonái y'dabér pi vi-yvarékh kol basár shem qodshó l'olám va-ed.
- My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD; And let all flesh bless His holy name for ever and ever.
- male genitals
- Tanach, Ezekiel 23:20, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וַתַּעְגְּבָה עַל פִּלַגְשֵׁיהֶם אֲשֶׁר בְּשַׂר־חֲמוֹרִים בְּשָׂרָם וְזִרְמַת סוּסִים זִרְמָתָם׃
- va-ta'gvá 'al pilagshehém ashér b'sár ḥamorím b'sarám v-zirmát susím zirmatám
- And she doted upon concubinage with them, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
- kin, kind
- Tanach, Genesis 29:14, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ לָבָן אַךְ עַצְמִי וּבְשָׂרִי אָתָּה וַיֵּשֶׁב עִמּוֹ חֹדֶשׁ יָמִים׃
- va-yómer lo laván akh 'atsmí u-v'sarí áta va-yéshev 'imo ḥódesh yamim
- And Laban said to him: ‘Surely thou art my bone and my flesh.’ And he abode with him the space of a month.
- nakedness, skin
- Tanach, Leviticus 13:15, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וְרָאָה הַכֹּהֵן אֶת־הַבָּשָׂר הַחַי וְטִמְּאוֹ הַבָּשָׂר הַחַי טָמֵא הוּא צָרַעַת הוּא׃
- v-ra'á ha-kohén et ha-basár ha-ḥai v-tim'ó ha-basár ha-ḥai tamé hu tsará'at hu
- And the priest shall look on the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean; the raw flesh is unclean: it is leprosy.
Declension edit
Declension of בָּשָׂר
| Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
| singular | indefinite | בָּשָׂר | first | בְּשָׂרִי | בְּשָׂרֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַבָּשָׂר | second | בְּשָׂרְךָ | בְּשָׂרֵךְ | בְּשַׂרְכֶם | בְּשַׂרְכֶן | |
| construct | בְּשַׂר־ | third | בְּשָׂרוֹ | בְּשָׂרָהּ | בְּשָׂרָם | בְּשָׂרָן | |
| plural | indefinite | בְּשָׂרִים | first | בשריי / בְּשָׂרַי | בְּשָׂרֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַבְּשָׂרִים | second | בְּשָׂרֶיךָ | בשרייך / בְּשָׂרַיִךְ | בִּשְׂרֵיכֶם | בִּשְׂרֵיכֶן | |
| construct | בִּשְׂרֵי־ | third | בְּשָׂרָיו | בְּשָׂרֶיהָ | בִּשְׂרֵיהֶם | בִּשְׂרֵיהֶן | |
Derived terms edit
- בָּשָׂר בְּחָלָב (basár b'chaláv)
- בָּשָׂר לָבָן (basár laván)
- כַּדּוּר בָּשָׂר (kadúr basár)
Descendants edit
- → Yiddish: בשׂר (boser)
Verb edit
בִּשֵּׂר • (bisér) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)