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<p> '''''bō´zez''''' ( בּוצץ , <i> '''''bōcēc''''' </i> ; Βαζές , <i> '''''Bazés''''' </i> , probably from an obsolete root <i> '''''bācac''''' </i> , corresponding to the Arabic <i> '''''baṣṣa''''' </i> , "to shine" or "to ooze"): The name of the northern of the two cliffs that stand one on each side of the gorge of [[Michmash]] ( 1 Samuel 14:4 ). It catches the sun during most of the day, while the southern cliff is in the shade. To this circumstance it may owe its name, "shining." "The contrast is surprising and picturesque between the dark coal color of the south side, and the ruddy or tawny tints of the northern cliff, crowned with the gleaming white of the upper chalky strata. The picture is unchanged since the day when [[Jonathan]] looked over to the white camping ground of the Philistines, and [[Bozez]] must have then shone as brightly as it does now, in the full light of an eastern sun" (Conder, <i> Tent Work </i> , 256). </p> | |||
<p> '''''bō´zez''''' ( בּוצץ , <i> '''''bōcēc''''' </i> ; Βαζές , <i> '''''Bazés''''' </i> , probably from an obsolete root <i> '''''bācac''''' </i> , corresponding to the Arabic <i> '''''baṣṣa''''' </i> , "to shine" or "to ooze"): The name of the northern of the two cliffs that stand one on each side of the gorge of Michmash ( 1 Samuel 14:4 ). It catches the sun during most of the day, while the southern cliff is in the shade. To this circumstance it may owe its name, "shining." "The contrast is surprising and picturesque between the dark coal color of the south side, and the ruddy or tawny tints of the northern cliff, crowned with the gleaming white of the upper chalky strata. The picture is unchanged since the day when Jonathan looked over to the white camping ground of the Philistines, and Bozez must have then shone as brightly as it does now, in the full light of an eastern sun" (Conder, <i> Tent Work </i> , 256). </p | |||
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bō´zez ( בּוצץ , bōcēc ; Βαζές , Bazés , probably from an obsolete root bācac , corresponding to the Arabic baṣṣa , "to shine" or "to ooze"): The name of the northern of the two cliffs that stand one on each side of the gorge of Michmash ( 1 Samuel 14:4 ). It catches the sun during most of the day, while the southern cliff is in the shade. To this circumstance it may owe its name, "shining." "The contrast is surprising and picturesque between the dark coal color of the south side, and the ruddy or tawny tints of the northern cliff, crowned with the gleaming white of the upper chalky strata. The picture is unchanged since the day when Jonathan looked over to the white camping ground of the Philistines, and Bozez must have then shone as brightly as it does now, in the full light of an eastern sun" (Conder, Tent Work , 256).
