- Original: בּצק - Transliteration: Batseq - Phonetic: baw-tsake' - Definition: 1. (Qal) to swell, become blistered - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 269 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; perhaps to swell up that is blister: - swell. Total KJV Occurrences: 2 • swell, 1 Deuteronomy 8:4 • swelled, 1 Nehemiah 9:21