ביצה

• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /beːˈsˤɔː/ [beːˈsˤɔː]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /beˈsˤɔ/ [beːˈsˤɔː]
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /beˈt͡sa/ (West), /beˈsˤa/ (East)
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /beːˈt͡sɔ/, /bejˈt͡sɔ/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /be(j)ˈt͡sa/

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Uncertain, possibly named after its whiteness from the same root as أَبْيَض (ʔabyaḍ, “white”). Cognate with Arabic بَيْض (bayḍ) and Classical Syriac ܒܝܥܬܐ (bēʿṯā).

בֵּיצָה • (betsá) f (plural indefinite בֵּיצִים, singular construct בֵּיצַת־, plural construct בֵּיצֵי־) [pattern: קַטְלָה]

1. egg

   אני צריך ללכת לקנות ביצים.

   I need to go buy eggs.

• ביצה מקושקשת / בֵּיצָה מְקֻשְׁקֶשֶׁת (betsá m'kushkéshet)
• מָגֵן בֵּיצִים (magén betsím)

• H1000 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Klein, Ernest (1987) “בֵּיצָה”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 72b
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎^[2], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 164b
• “ביצה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

ביצה / בִּצָּה • (bitzá) f (plural indefinite ביצות / בִּצּוֹת) [pattern: קִטְלָה]

1. swamp, marsh

• Many stylebooks recommend using the deficient spelling בצה also in the everyday non-vocalized writing system, in order to make clear distinction with the word ביצה (egg).

• בוץ

• H1207 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• “ביצה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

• ביצה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

From Hebrew בֵּיצָה (betsá, “egg”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛɪ̯t͡sə/

ביצה • (beytse) f, plural ביצים (beytsim)

1. egg

   Synonym: איי (ey)

2. (anatomy, in the plural) testicles