בצר

בצר • (transliteration needed)

1. to decrease, to diminish, to lessen
2. to lack, to be inferior

From the Hebrew root בצר BṢR, meaning "fortified" or "defended."

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בֶּצֶר • (bétser) m (Biblical Hebrew pausal form בָּצֶר) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. (Biblical Hebrew) gold, treasure

   Synonyms: זָהָב, פַּז, סְגוֹר, כֶּתֶם, חָרוּץ, אוֹפִיר

   • Tanach, Job 22:23, with translation of the King James Version:

     וְשִׁית־עַל־עָפָר בָּצֶר וּכְצוּר נְחָלִים אוֹפִיר׃

     V-shit ʿal ʿafár bátser u-kh-tsur n'ḥalím ofir.

     Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

בָּצַר • (batsár) (pa'al construction, infinitive לבצור / לִבְצֹר, imperative בצור / בְּצֹר, passive participle בָּצוּר, passive counterpart נִבְצַר)

1. to pick, to gather
   • Tanach, Leviticus 25:5, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     אֵת סְפִיחַ קְצִירְךָ לֹא תִקְצוֹר וְאֶת עִנְּבֵי נְזִירֶךָ לֹא תִבְצֹר שְׁנַת שַׁבָּתוֹן יִהְיֶה לָאָרֶץ

     That which groweth of itself of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, and the grapes of thy undressed vine thou shalt not gather; it shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.

• H1220 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible