גזע

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ג־ז־ע (g-z-ʿ)

From root ג־ז־ע (“to cut”). Compare Classical Syriac ܓܘܙܥܐ (guzʿā, “trunk”), Arabic جِذْع (jiḏʕ, “trunk”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

גֶּזַע • (géza') m (singular construct גֶּזַע־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. trunk, stock (of a tree)
   • Tanach, Isaiah 40:24, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     אַף בַּל־נִטָּעוּ אַף בַּל־זֹרָעוּ אַף בַּל־שֹׁרֵשׁ בָּאָרֶץ גִּזְעָם וְגַם־נָשַׁף בָּהֶם וַיִּבָשׁוּ וּסְעָרָה כַּקַּשׁ תִּשָּׂאֵם׃

     'af bal-nitá'u 'af bal-zorá'u 'af bal-shorésh ba'árets giz'ám v'gam-nasháf bahém vayiváshu us'ará kakásh tisa'ém.
     ʾap̄ bal-nittā́ʿū ʾap̄ bal-zōrā́ʿū ʾap̄ bal-šōrēš bāʾā́reṣ gizʿām wəḡam-nāšap̄ bāhem wayyīḇā́šū ūsəʿārā kaqqaš tiśśāʾēm.

     Scarce are they planted, scarce are they sown, scarce hath their stock taken root in the earth; when He bloweth upon them, they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble.

2. race (large genealogical group)
3. (grammar) stem

Derived terms

• גִּזְעִי
• גיזען / גִּזְעָן (giz'án)
• גִּזְעָנִי

References

• H1503 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible