Proverbs 15:27:4Prov.15.27.W4TAB
בָּ֑צַע
batsa
“unjust gain or profit”
- Transliteration
- BA-tsa
- Extended
- BAA-tsah
- IPA
- /ˈbaː.tsɑʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- unjust gain or profit
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
BA-tsa
- clause
O-kher BE-to bo-TSE-a BA-tsa
- sentence
O-kher BE-to bo-TSE-a BA-tsa ve-so-NE ma-ta-NOT yikh-YE
Exegesis
The Hebrew verse opens with two Qal active participles, oker {עֹכֵר | ʿō-ḵēr} ‘troubling’ and botsea {בֹּצֵעַ | bō-ṣē-ʿa} ‘unjustly gaining’, functioning as nominal predicates describing the character of one pursuing illicit profit.
Each carries its object—beito {בֵּיתוֹ | bē-tô} ‘his house’ and batza {בָּצַע | bā-ṣaʿ} ‘profit’—to assert cause and effect.
Root and etymology
b-ts-ʿbet–tsade–ayin
“to gain by violence or greed”
In context — Proverbs 15:27
Whoever unjustly gains profit troubles his own house, but he who hates gifts will live.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 15:27:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 15:27, so the Hebrew word בָּ֑צַע (batsa) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Prov.15.27.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.15.27.W4.S1) and character.