# בשר
## Hebrew
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Biblical Hebrew) IPA: /baːˈɬaːr/
* (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA: [bɔˈsɔr]
* (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA: /baˈsaʁ/
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### Noun

בָּשָׂר • (basár) m (plural indefinite בְּשָׂרִים, singular construct בְּשַׂר־, plural construct בִּשְׂרֵי־) [pattern: קָטָל]
* flesh, meat
** Tanach, 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.Kol ha-basár asúr l'vashél b-ḥaláv, ḥutz mi-b'sár dagím v-ḥagavím.
* body, person
** Tanach, 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
** Tanach, 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 zirmatámAnd 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
** Tanach, 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 yamimAnd 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
** Tanach, 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 huAnd the priest shall look on the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean; the raw flesh is unclean: it is leprosy.

#### Derived terms

* בָּשָׂר בְּחָלָב (basár b'chaláv)
* בָּשָׂר לָבָן (basár laván)
* כַּדּוּר בָּשָׂר (kadúr basár)

#### Descendants

* → Yiddish: בשׂר (boser)

### Verb

בִּשֵּׂר • (bisér) (pi'el construction)
* defective spelling of בישר

### Further reading

* H1320 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

### Anagrams

* שבר