קוץ

Compare קָצַץ (katsáts).

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קוֹץ • (qots) m (plural indefinite קוֹצִים)

1. A thistle, a thorn
   • Tanach, Genesis 3:18, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וְקוֹץ וְדַרְדַּר תַּצְמִיחַ לָךְ וְאָכַלְתָּ אֶת־עֵשֶׂב הַשָּׂדֶה׃

     v-qóts v-dardár tatsmíaḥ lakh v-akhaltá et 'ésev ha-sadé

     Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.

2. A serif in handwritten script
   • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Eruvin 21b:

     אָמַר רַב חִסְדָּא אָמַר מָר עוּקְבָא: מְלַמֵּד שֶׁיֵּשׁ לִדְרוֹשׁ עַל כׇּל קוֹץ וָקוֹץ תִּילֵּי תִּילִּים שֶׁל הֲלָכוֹת.

     amár rav ḥísda amar mar 'úqva: mlamméd she-yesh lidrósh 'al kol qotz va-qotz tillé tillím shel halakhót

     Rav Ḥisda said Mar Ukva said: this teaches that one can interpret from each and every serif mounds upon mounds of laws.

• קוֹצוֹ שֶׁל יוֹד (qotzó shel yod)

קוֹץ • (qots) m

1. Koz, a descendant of Judah
   • Tanach, 1 Chronicles 4:8, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וְקוֹץ הוֹלִיד אֶת־עָנוּב וְאֶת־הַצֹּבֵבָה וּמִשְׁפְּחֹת אֲחַרְחֵל בֶּן־הָרוּם׃

     V-Qots holíd et 'Anuv v-et Hatsoveva u-mishpḥót Aḥarḥel ben Harum

     And Koz begot Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.

2. Hakkoz, a priest, the head of the seventh division of the priests
   • Tanach, Ezra 2:61, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וּמִבְּנֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים בְּנֵי חֳבַיָּה בְּנֵי הַקּוֹץ בְּנֵי בַרְזִלַּי אֲשֶׁר לָקַח מִבְּנוֹת בַּרְזִלַּי הַגִּלְעָדִי אִשָּׁה וַיִּקָּרֵא עַל־שְׁמָם׃

     u-mi-bnei ha-kohaním bnei ḥavayyá bnei ha-qótz bnei varzillái ashér laqáḥ mi-bnot barzillái ishá vay-yiqqaré 'al shmám

     And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.

• English: Hakkoz

• H6975 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• The plants of the Bible, trees and shrubs, by John Hutton Balfour,