בָּצַר (b. h.; √בץ, cmp. בצע) to cut grapes. Pes. 3ᵇ בּוֹצְרִין בטהרה one must cut grapes under the rules of levitical cleanness. Gitt. 57ᵃ בָּצְרוּ … את כרמיהן וכ׳ the gentiles held vintage in vineyards soaked with Israel’s blood; a. fr.
Nif. - נִבְצַר 1) to be cut. Ex. R. s. 30, beg. עד שתגיע עונתן לִיבָּצֵר until their (the nations’) time has arrived to be cut (ripe for punishment). 2) to be cut off, diminished. Tanḥ. Noah 18 נִבְצָרִים מן וכ׳ cut off from the world (destroyed). Gen. R. s. 38 יִבָּצֵר מהם shall be denied them.
Pi. - בִּצֵּר, בִּיצֵּר to cut off, whence (cmp. גדר) 1) to surround, fortify. Part. pass. מְבוּצָּר. Y. Pes. VII, 35ᵇ bot.; Y. Shebu. VIII, beg., 38ᵇ גג מב׳ a roof surrounded with railings, v. בְּצוֹצְרָה.—Neg. I, 5 מְבוּצֶּרֶת an eruption surrounded with sound flesh; ib. X, 2 sq. מבוצר (of the hair in the flesh affected by the eruption). Deut. R. s. 1 (ref. to עיר מצור Ps. LX, 11, a. מבצר ib. CVIII, 11) עיר שמבוצרת וכ׳ the city (of Rome) which is well fortified &c. —2) to diminish. Ib. שמצירה ומבצרה לישראל (Mat. K. ומְבַצֶּרֶת, Yalk. Ps. 779 מבצרא ch.) the city which troubles and diminishes Israel.
Nithpa. - נִתְבַּצֵּר to be railed around, be set apart. Meg. 14ᵃ; Snh. 110ᵃ; Num. R. s. 18 מקום נ׳ להם וכ׳ a place was set apart for them in Gehenna; Koh. R. to VII, 2.