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beṣaʿ בֶּ֫צַע ‘unjust-gain’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from bāṣaʿ בָּצַע ‘to cut off/covet’
Roots: בצע

beṣaʿ n, m
1) profit, unjust gain, gain (profit) acquired by violence

Mentioned in Genesis 37:26 Exodus 18:21 Judges 5:19 1 Samuel 8:3 Isaiah 33:15, 56:11, 57:17 Jeremiah 51:13, 8:10, 22:17, 6:13 Ezekiel 22:27, 33:31, 22:13 Habakkuk 2:9 Malachi 3:14 Psalms 119:36, 30:10 Proverbs 1:19, 28:16, 15:27 Job 22:3

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