Original Language Studio
Isaiah 59:5
“They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
בֵּיצָהbêytsâh · bay-tsaw'
H1000 · Hebrew
H1000 · Hebrew
- Definition
- an egg (from its whiteness)
- Derivation
- from the same as H948 (בּוּץ);
- KJV renderings
- egg.
- Grammar
- בֵּיצֵ֤י — common noun, feminine, plural, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 6 times in the Hebrew Bible.Deuteronomy 22:6Deuteronomy 22:6Job 39:14Isaiah 10:14
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read בֵּיצָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.