בַּצֹּרֶתbatstsôreth

בַּצֹּרֶת: dearth (Jeremiah 17:8)

Pronunciation: bats-tso'-reth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1226

Meanings

בַּצָּרָה: dearth, destitution (Proverbs 14:28; Psalms 9:10; Psalms 10:1; Jeremiah 14:1)

Same root

בָּצַרbâtsar · H1219to gather grapes; also to be isolated (i.e. inaccessible by height or fortification)

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

Jeremiah 14:1 This message came to Jeremiah from the Lord, explaining why he was holding back the rain:
Jeremiah 17:8 They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of drought. Their leaves stay green, and they never stop producing fruit.

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).