בוץ

עברית

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בוץ¹

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Uncertain, maybe related to some meanings within the Arabic root ب ض ض (b ḍ ḍ), بَضُوض (baḍūḍ), بَضِيضَة (baḍīḍa), بُضَاضَة (buḍāḍa) referring to small quantities of rain or water, and Akkadian 𒁀𒀀𒍮 (bāṣum, “sand”). Note the variant Arabic بُوط (būṭ) of بُرْدِيّ (burdiyy, “cat-tail; paper-reed”).

noun בֹּץ · bots · בוץ · בוצי · בֻּצִּי

  1. masculine mud וְהִנֵּ֣ה כָל־הַנָּשִׁ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר נִשְׁאֲרוּ֙ בְּבֵ֣ית מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֔ה מוּצָאֹ֕ות אֶל־שָׂרֵ֖י מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֑ל וְהֵ֣נָּה אֹמְרֹ֗ות הִסִּית֜וּךָ וְיָכְל֤וּ לְךָ֙ אַנְשֵׁ֣י שְׁלֹמֶ֔ךָ הָטְבְּע֥וּ בַבֹּ֛ץ רַגְלֶ֖ךָ נָסֹ֥גוּ אָחֹֽור׃

בוץ²

Where it comes from

From Proto-Semitic *būṣ-.

noun בּוּץ · buts

  1. byssus (fine linen)

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"בוץ." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A5.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {בוץ},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A5},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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