בֵּיצָה bêytsâh

Meaning

an egg (from its whiteness)

In the King James Version: egg.

Derivation: from the same as H948 (בּוּץ);

Where it is used

• Deuteronomy 22:6 If you come across a bird’s nest with chicks or eggs, either in a tree or on the ground along the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, you must not take the mother along with the young.
• Job 39:14 For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.
• Isaiah 10:14 My hand reached as into a nest to seize the wealth of the nations. Like one gathering abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth. No wing fluttered, no beak opened or chirped.’”
• Isaiah 59:5 They hatch the eggs of vipers and weave a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched.