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title: גֹּוב — Gob · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גֹּוב (1359), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Gob. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גֹּוב

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«גֹּוב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Gob** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 1359 · **BDB:** גֹּב²

### Glosses

Gob (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Gob [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1359/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1359/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** 2 S 21:18, גּוֹב v 19 n.pr.loc. (cf. Aramaic גֻּבָּא den, and ܓܘܽܒܳܐ, Arabic جُبٌّ, Ethiopic ግብ Assyrian gubbu, well, cistern, v. גבב)—field of battle with Philistines 2 S 21:18 = גֶּזֶר in ‖ 1 Ch 20:4 (so here Th Ew; cf. Jos 10:33), but = גַּת 𝔊 𝔖 2 S 21:18 (𝔊L Γαζεθ); 2 S 21:9 (om. ‖ 1 Ch 20:5), 𝔊 Ρομ, Ροβ; Klo Gath; in v 16 We Dr (q.v.) read בְּגֹב for בְּנֹב; site of Gob (si vera l.) unknown.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (17 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גֹּוב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1359/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 21:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.21.18/)

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וַֽיְהִי֙ אַֽחֲרֵי־כֵ֔ן וַתְּהִי־ע֧וֹד הַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה בְּג֖וֹב עִם־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים אָ֣ז הִכָּ֗ה סִבְּכַי֙ הַחֻ֣שָׁתִ֔י אֶת־סַ֕ף אֲשֶׁ֖ר בִּילִדֵ֥י הָרָפָֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* and it.was after thus and it.was again (the) battle at Gob with \[the\].Philistines then he.struck.down Sibbecai the Hushathite (et) Saph who \[was\].among those.born of the.Raphah

*JPS 1917:* And it came to pass after this, that there was again war with the Philistines at Gob; then Sibbecai the Hushathite slew Saph, who was of the sons of the giant.

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[2 Samuel 21:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.21.19/)

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וַתְּהִי־ע֧וֹד הַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה בְּג֖וֹב עִם־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וַיַּ֡ךְ אֶלְחָנָן֩ בֶּן־יַעְרֵ֨י אֹרְגִ֜יםיַעְרֵ֨י אֹרְגִ֜ים בֵּ֣ית הַלַּחְמִ֗י בֵּ֣ית הַלַּחְמִ֗י אֵ֚ת גָּלְיָ֣ת הַגִּתִּ֔י וְעֵ֣ץ חֲנִית֔וֹ כִּמְנ֖וֹר אֹרְגִֽים׃ס

*Word for word:* and it.was again (the) battle at Gob with \[the\].Philistines and he.struck.down Elhanan the.son of Jaare-Oregim the Bethlehemite (et) Goliath the Gittite and the.wood his.spear his \[was\].like a.beam of.weavers

*JPS 1917:* And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim the Beth-lehemite slew Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.

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