קוץ

Hebrew

Root
ק־ו־ץ (q-w-ts)

Compare קָצַץ (katsáts).

קוֹץ • (kots) m (plural indefinite קוֹצִים)

A thorn
- Tanach, Genesis 3:18, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  וְקוֹץ וְדַרְדַּר תַּצְמִיחַ לָךְ וְאָכַלְתָּ אֶת־עֵשֶׂב הַשָּׂדֶה׃
  v'kóts v'dardár tats'míakh lakh v'akhaltá et ésev hasadé
  Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.
thistle
A serif in handwritten script
- a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Eruvin 21b:
  אָמַר רַב חִסְדָּא אָמַר מָר עוּקְבָא: מְלַמֵּד שֶׁיֵּשׁ לִדְרוֹשׁ עַל כׇּל קוֹץ וָקוֹץ תִּילֵּי תִּילִּים שֶׁל הֲלָכוֹת.
  amár rav khísda amár mar úkva: m'laméd sheyesh lidrósh al kol kots vakots tilé tilím shel halakhót
  Rav Ḥisda said Mar Ukva said: this teaches that one can interpret from each and every serif mounds upon mounds of laws.

קוֹץ • (kots) m

Koz, a descendant of Judah
- Tanach, 1 Chronicles 4:8, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  וְקוֹץ הוֹלִיד אֶת־עָנוּב וְאֶת־הַצֹּבֵבָה וּמִשְׁפְּחֹת אֲחַרְחֵל בֶּן־הָרוּם׃
  v'kots holíd et anúv v'et hatsovevá umishp'khót akharkhél ben harúm
  And Koz begot Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
Hakkoz, a priest, the head of the seventh division of the priests
- Tanach, Ezra 2:61, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  וּמִבְּנֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים בְּנֵי חֳבַיָּה בְּנֵי הַקּוֹץ בְּנֵי בַרְזִלַּי אֲשֶׁר לָקַח מִבְּנוֹת בַּרְזִלַּי הַגִּלְעָדִי אִשָּׁה וַיִּקָּרֵא עַל־שְׁמָם׃
  umib'né hakohaním b'né khavayá b'né hakóts b'né varzilái ashér lakákh mib'nót barzilái ishá vayikaré al sh'mám
  And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.