the praises of Yahweh 60:6 ; His righteousness in the great congregation ψ 40:10 ; His salvation daily ψ 96:2 = 1 Ch 16:2 3; the Messianic servant preaches good tidings to
the meek Is 61:1 . Hithp. Impf. יִתְבַּשֵּׂר 2 S 18:31 receive good tidings (so Kirkp . Klo ; cf. Arabic بَشِرَ ( bašira ) IV. X; otherwise AV ).
בָּשָׂר S 1320 TWOT 291a GK 1414266 n.m. flesh ( cf. Arabic بَشَرٌ (bašarun) skin , Syriac ܒܶܣܪܳܐ ( besro ), Assyrian bišru , blood-relation , Dl
Assyrian Stud. i. 143, cf. Pr 170, Sab. בשר תורם flesh of bulls ) — Gn 2:21 + 126 times; cstr. בְּשַׂר Gn 17:11 + 40 times; sf. בְּשָׂרִי etc. ψ 16:9 + 96 times; pl. בְּשָׂרִים Pr 14:30 ;— 1. of the body: a. of animals Gn 41:2–19 Ex 21:2 8; 22:30 Nu 12:12 ( E ) Nu 11:4–33 (JE) Gn 9:4 + ( P 30 times) Dt 12:15 + ( D 9 times) Ju 6:19–21 1 S 2:13 , 15 1 K 17: 6; 19:21 Jb 31:3 1; 41:15 ψ 50:13 Pr 23:20 Is 22:1 3; 44:16 , 19 ;
65:4
;
66:17 Je 7:2
1;
11:15 Ez 4:14
+
6 times
Dn 10:3 Ho 8:13 Mi 3:3 Hg 2:12 Zc 11:9
,
16
.
b.
of men
Gn 40:19
(
E
)
2:21 Ex 4:7
(
J
)
Lv 12:3
;
13:2
+
16 times
26:29
(
P
)
Dt 28:53
,
55
;
32:42 Ju 8:7 1 S 17:44 1 K 4:3
4;
5:10
,
14
;
6:30
;
9:36 Jb 2:
5;
4:15
;
6:12
;
7:5
;
10:11
;
13:14
;
19:20
,
22
;
21:6
;
33:21
,
25
ψ 27:2
;
38:4
,
8
;
79:2
;
102:6
;
109:24 Pr 4:2
2;
5:11 Is 9:1
9;
17:4
;
49:26 Je 19:9 La 3:4 Ez 32:
5;
37:6
,
8
;
39:17
,
18 Dn 1:15 Zc 14:1
2. The flesh of the body is contrasted with stone
Ez 11:19
;
36:26
.
2.
flesh
for
the body itself
(especially in
P
):
על בשׂר אדם לא ייסך
upon the body of man it shall not be poured
Ex 30:32
(
P
);
מכנסי בד ילבשׁ על בשׂרו
linen drawers shall be put on his body
Lv 6:
3;
16:4
(
P
);
על בשׂרו וישׂם שׂק
1 K 21:2
7;
ורחץ את בשׂרו
and he shall bathe his body
Lv 14:
9;
15:13
,
16
;
16:24
,
26
,
28
;
17:16
;
22:6 Nu 19:
7,
8
(
P
);
שׂרט לנפשׁ לא תתנו בכשׂרכם
ye shall not put any cutting for any one in your body
Lv 19:28
cf.
Lv 21:5
(
P
);
והעבירו תער על כל בשׂרם
and they shall pass a razor over all their body
Nu 8:7
(
P
). Ec. uses
בשׂר
only in this sense
2:3
;
4:5
;
5:5
;
11:10
;
12:12
; elsewhere this usage only in poetry; the body antith. to
נפשׁ
Jb 14:22 Is 10:18
ψ 63:2
;
לב
ψ 16:9
;
84:3 Pr 14:30
(only here emphatic
pl. =
entire body
Bö
§ 695,
Leiblichkeit
D
e);
מִבְּשָׂרִי
apart from my body
, in disembodied state
Jb 19:26
;
סמר מפחדך בשׂרי
my body trembleth for fear of thee
ψ 119:120
.
3.
male organ of generation
(euphemism):
בְּשַׂר עָרְלַתְכֶם
Gn 17:1
1,
14
,
23
,
24
,
25
(
P
);
בשׂר ערוה
Ex 28:42
(
P
), but
בשׂר
Gn 17:14 Lv 15:2–19
(
P
)
Ez 16:26
;
23:20
;
44:7
,
9
.
4.
flesh
for
kindred, blood-relations:
עצם מעצמי ובשׂר מבשׂרי
bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh
Gn 2:23
(
J
);
והיו לבשׂר אחד
Kirkp A. F. Kirkpatrick. Dl Friedrich Delitzsch. Bö F. Böttcher, Lehrbuch d. Hebr. Sprache .