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title: גֵּב — pit · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גֵּב (1356), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: pit. BDB 1906: pit, ditch, trench. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גֵּב

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«גֵּב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pit** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 1356 · **BDB:** גֵּב³

### Glosses

ditches (2); \[the\].cisterns (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pit [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1356/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pit, ditch, trench [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1356/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] pit, ditch, trench (Arabic جَوْبَةٌ hollow, depression; Syriac ܓܽܘܒܳܐ cistern)—only pl. גֵּבִים Je 14:3; in 2 K 3:16 גבים גבים, i.e. full of ditches; further, cisterns (according to Klo 2 K 25:12) Je 39:10 וִיגֵבִים (read וְגֵבִים) cf. also ‖ 2 K 25:12 (ולגבים Kt, וּלְיוֹגְבִים Qr) = Je 52:16 (וּלְיֹגְבִים; both c. כֹּרְמִים); Klo proposes to emend these, so as to read in all וַיִּתֵּן לָהֶם כְּרָמִים וְגֵבִים and gave to them vineyards and cisterns; another view in Th; cf. further גוב, יגב.—i. גֵּב v. sub גבה.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (17 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גֵּב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1356/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 3:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.3.16/)

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וַיֹּ֕אמֶר כֹּ֖ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה עָשֹׂ֛ה הַנַּ֥חַל הַזֶּ֖ה גֵּבִ֥ים ׀ גֵּבִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.said thus he.says Yahweh make the wadi (the) this ditches ditches

*JPS 1917:* And he said: 'Thus saith the LORD: Make this valley full of trenches.

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[Jeremiah 14:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.14.3/)

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וְאַדִּ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם שָׁלְח֥וּ צְעִירֵיהֶ֖ם לַמָּ֑יִם בָּ֣אוּ עַל־גֵּבִ֞ים לֹא־מָ֣צְאוּ מַ֗יִם שָׁ֤בוּ כְלֵיהֶם֙ רֵיקָ֔ם בֹּ֥שׁוּ וְהָכְלְמ֖וּ וְחָפ֥וּ רֹאשָֽׁם׃

*Word for word:* and their.noble \[ones\] they.have.sent their servants for (the) water they.have.come to \[the\].cisterns not they.have.found water they.have.returned vessels their empty they.are.ashamed and they.are.humiliated and they.have.covered head their

*JPS 1917:* And their nobles send their lads for water: they come to the pits, and find no water; their vessels return empty; they are ashamed and confounded, and cover their heads.

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