קוץ

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Root
ק־ו־ץ (q-w-ṣ)

Compare קָצַץ (katsáts).

קוֹץ • (qots) m (plural indefinite קוֹצִים)

A thistle, a thorn
- Tanach, Genesis 3:18, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  וְקוֹץ וְדַרְדַּר תַּצְמִיחַ לָךְ וְאָכַלְתָּ אֶת־עֵשֶׂב הַשָּׂדֶה׃
  v-qóts v-dardár tatsmíaḥ lakh v-akhaltá et 'ésev ha-sadé
  Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.
A serif in handwritten script
- a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Eruvin 21b:
  אָמַר רַב חִסְדָּא אָמַר מָר עוּקְבָא: מְלַמֵּד שֶׁיֵּשׁ לִדְרוֹשׁ עַל כׇּל קוֹץ וָקוֹץ תִּילֵּי תִּילִּים שֶׁל הֲלָכוֹת.
  amár rav ḥísda amar mar 'úqva: mlamméd she-yesh lidrósh 'al kol qotz va-qotz tillé tillím shel halakhót
  Rav Ḥisda said Mar Ukva said: this teaches that one can interpret from each and every serif mounds upon mounds of laws.

קוֹץ • (qots) m

Koz, a descendant of Judah
- Tanach, 1 Chronicles 4:8, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  וְקוֹץ הוֹלִיד אֶת־עָנוּב וְאֶת־הַצֹּבֵבָה וּמִשְׁפְּחֹת אֲחַרְחֵל בֶּן־הָרוּם׃
  V-Qots holíd et 'Anuv v-et Hatsoveva u-mishpḥót Aḥarḥel ben Harum
  And Koz begot Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
Hakkoz, a priest, the head of the seventh division of the priests
- Tanach, Ezra 2:61, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  וּמִבְּנֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים בְּנֵי חֳבַיָּה בְּנֵי הַקּוֹץ בְּנֵי בַרְזִלַּי אֲשֶׁר לָקַח מִבְּנוֹת בַּרְזִלַּי הַגִּלְעָדִי אִשָּׁה וַיִּקָּרֵא עַל־שְׁמָם׃
  u-mi-bnei ha-kohaním bnei ḥavayyá bnei ha-qótz bnei varzillái ashér laqáḥ mi-bnot barzillái ishá vay-yiqqaré 'al shmám
  And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.