בֵּיצָהbêytsâh
eggs (Isaiah 10:14; Deuteronomy 22:6; Isaiah 59:5; Job 39:14)
Pronunciation: bay-tsaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1000
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Deuteronomy 22:6 “If you happen to find a bird’s nest in a tree or on the ground, and there are young ones or eggs in it with the mother sitting in the nest, do not take the mother with the young.
- Job 39:14 She lays her eggs on top of the earth, letting them be warmed in the dust.
- Isaiah 10:14 I have robbed their nests of riches and gathered up kingdoms as a farmer gathers eggs. No one can even flap a wing against me or utter a peep of protest.”
- Isaiah 59:5 They hatch deadly snakes and weave spiders’ webs. Whoever eats their eggs will die; whoever cracks them will hatch a viper.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).