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title: יְגַר — heap · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: יְגַר (lemma:יְגַר), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: heap. BDB 1906: heap. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְגַר

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«יְגַר» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **heap** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:יְגַר · **BDB:** יְגַר

### Glosses

Jegar (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

heap [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5d2_5b7_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

heap [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5d2_5b7_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] (stone-) heap (𝔗 id.; Syriac ܝܰܓܪܳܐ; cf. Ethiopic ወገረ: throw together, ወግር: mound);—cstr. י׳ שָֽׂהֲדוּתָא Gn 31:47 (= Heb. גַּל־עֵד).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech differs, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יְגַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5d2_5b7_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 31:47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.31.47/)

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וַיִּקְרָא־ל֣וֹ לָבָ֔ן יְגַ֖ר שָׂהֲדוּתָ֑א יְגַ֖ר שָׂהֲדוּתָ֑א וְיַֽעֲקֹ֔ב קָ֥רָא ל֖וֹ גַּלְעֵֽד׃

*Word for word:* and he.called (to) it Laban Jegar Sahadutha and Jacob he.called (to) it Galeed

*JPS 1917:* And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha; but Jacob called it Galeed.

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