בשר

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ב־שׂ־ר‎ (b-ś-r)

From Proto-West Semitic *baśar-. Cognate to Arabic بَشَر‎ (bašar, “human”).

Pronunciation

(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): [bɔˈsɔr]
(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): [baˈsaʁ]
(Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /baːˈsaːr/

Noun

בָּשָׂר • (basár) m (plural indefinite בְּשָׂרִים‎, singular construct בְּשַׂר־, plural construct בִּשְׂרֵי־‎) [pattern: קָטָל]

flesh, meat
- Deuteronomy 12:20, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  ‏כִּי־יַרְחִיב יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶת־גְּבֻלְךָ כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר־לָךְ וְאָמַרְתָּ אֹכְלָה בָשָׂר כִּי־תְאַוֶּה נַפְשְׁךָ לֶאֱכֹל בָּשָׂר בְּכׇל־אַוַּת נַפְשְׁךָ תֹּאכַל בָּשָׂר׃‎‎
  Ki yarḥív Adonái Elohékha et g'vulkhá ka-ashér dibér lakh v-amartá okhlá basár ki t'avá nafsh'khá le'ekhól basár b-khol avvat nafsh'kha tokhál basár.
  When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as He hath promised thee, and thou shalt say: ‘I will eat flesh’, because thy soul desireth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, after all the desire of thy soul.
- a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Chullin 8:1:
- ‏כָּל הַבָּשָׂר אָסוּר לְבַשֵּׁל בְּחָלָב, חוּץ מִבְּשַׂר דָּגִים וַחֲגָבִים.‎‎
  All meat is forbidden from cooking in milk, except for the meat of fish and grasshoppers.
body, person
- Psalms 145:21, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  ‏תְּהִלַּת יְהֹוָה יְדַבֶּר־פִּי וִיבָרֵךְ כׇּל־בָּשָׂר שֵׁם קׇדְשׁוֹ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד׃ ‎
  T'hilát Adonái y'dabér pi vi-yvarékh kol basár shem qodshó l'olám va-ed.
  My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD; And let all flesh bless His holy name for ever and ever.
male genitals
- Ezekiel 23:20, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  ‏וַתַּעְגְּבָה עַל פִּלַגְשֵׁיהֶם אֲשֶׁר בְּשַׂר־חֲמוֹרִים בְּשָׂרָם וְזִרְמַת סוּסִים זִרְמָתָם׃‎‎
  va-ta'gvá 'al pilagshehém ashér b'sár ḥamorím b'sarám v-zirmát susím zirmatám
  And she doted upon concubinage with them, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
kin, kind
- Genesis 29:14, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  ‏וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ לָבָן אַךְ עַצְמִי וּבְשָׂרִי אָתָּה וַיֵּשֶׁב עִמּוֹ חֹדֶשׁ יָמִים׃‎‎
  va-yómer lo laván akh 'atsmí u-v'sarí áta va-yéshev 'imo ḥódesh yamim
  And Laban said to him: ‘Surely thou art my bone and my flesh.’ And he abode with him the space of a month.
- a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Yevamot 4:13:
  ‏אֵיזֶהוּ מַמְזֵר, כָּל שְׁאֵר בָּשָׂר שֶׁהוּא בְלֹא יָבֹא דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא.‎‎
  Éizehu mamzér, kol sh'ér basár she-hu v-lo yavó, divrí Rabbi Aqivá.
  Who is a mamzer? Anyone of one's own flesh forbidden for intercourse, according to Rabbi Akiva.
nakedness, skin
- Leviticus 13:15, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  ‏וְרָאָה הַכֹּהֵן אֶת־הַבָּשָׂר הַחַי וְטִמְּאוֹ הַבָּשָׂר הַחַי טָמֵא הוּא צָרַעַת הוּא׃‎‎
  v-ra'á ha-kohén et ha-basár ha-ḥai v-tim'ó ha-basár ha-ḥai tamé hu tsará'at hu
  And the priest shall look on the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean; the raw flesh is unclean: it is leprosy.

Declension

Declension of בָּשָׂר

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
	State	Form	Person	m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	בָּשָׂר	first	בְּשָׂרִי‎		בְּשָׂרֵנוּ‎
	definite	הַבָּשָׂר‎	second	בְּשָׂרְךָ‎	בְּשָׂרֵךְ‎	בְּשַׂרְכֶם‎	בְּשַׂרְכֶן‎
	construct	בְּשַׂר־	third	בְּשָׂרוֹ‎	בְּשָׂרָהּ‎	בְּשָׂרָם‎	בְּשָׂרָן‎
plural	indefinite	בְּשָׂרִים‎	first	בשריי / בְּשָׂרַי‎		בְּשָׂרֵינוּ‎
	definite	הַבְּשָׂרִים‎	second	בְּשָׂרֶיךָ‎	בשרייך / בְּשָׂרַיִךְ‎	בִּשְׂרֵיכֶם‎	בִּשְׂרֵיכֶן‎
	construct	בִּשְׂרֵי־‎	third	בְּשָׂרָיו‎	בְּשָׂרֶיהָ‎	בִּשְׂרֵיהֶם‎	בִּשְׂרֵיהֶן‎

Derived terms

בָּשָׂר בְּחָלָב‎ (basár b'chaláv)
בָּשָׂר לָבָן‎ (basár laván)

Descendants

→ Yiddish: בשׂר‎ (boser)

Anagrams

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