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”).

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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

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