Jastrow: בִּזְבֵּז

בִּזְבֵּז (Pilp. of בז, v. בְּזָא II, a. b. h. in H. in H. Dict.) 1) to divide, distribute. Tosef. Meg. IV (III), 21 אין אדם מְבַזְבֵּז בידיו לעצמו (v. ed. Zuck. Var.) one who distributes (honors) must take none to himself. B. Bath. 142ᵃ a convert died ובזבזו וכ׳ and Israelites divided his property among themselves (he having left no legitimate heirs). —2) to give away liberally, to give charity on a large scale. Keth. 50ᵃ הַמְבַזְבֵּז אל יְבַזְבֵּז וכ׳ he who wants to be liberal, must not give away more than &c. Ib. קטנים כתבו ובזבזו ‘minors’ ‘wrote’ and ‘gave away’ (ref. to the order of three traditions concerning minors, transfer of property and charity, related ib. 49ᵇ sq.). B. Bath. 11ᵃ שבזבז וכ׳ who gave away to charities his own and his father’s treasures; a. fr. —3) to spend unnecessarily, squander. Gen. R. s. 80. [ 4) to divide spoils, to plunder, v. בָּזַז, בַּזְבּוּזָא &c.]