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title: גְּבִיר — lord · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גְּבִיר (1376), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: lord. BDB 1906: n.m. lord. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גְּבִיר

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«גְּבִיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lord** — 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:** 1376 · **BDB:** גְּבִיר

### Glosses

lord (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lord [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1376/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. lord [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1376/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. lord, Gn 27:29, 37.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גְּבִיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1376/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 27:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.27.29/)

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יַֽעַבְד֣וּךָ עַמִּ֗ים וְיִֽשְׁתַּחֲו֤וּלְךָ֙ לְאֻמִּ֔ים הֱוֵ֤ה גְבִיר֙ לְאַחֶ֔יךָ וְיִשְׁתַּחֲוּ֥וּלְךָ֖ בְּנֵ֣י אִמֶּ֑ךָ אֹרְרֶ֣יךָ אָר֔וּר וּֽמְבָרֲכֶ֖יךָ בָּרֽוּךְ׃

*Word for word:* may they.serve.you peoples and may.they.bow.down to you peoples become lord to brothers your and may.they.bow.down to you the.sons your.mother your \[those who\].curse.you \[be\].cursed and \[those who\].bless.you \[be\].blessed

*JPS 1917:* Let peoples serve thee, and nations bow down to thee. Be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee. Cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be every one that blesseth thee.

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[Genesis 27:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.27.37/)

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וַיַּ֨עַן יִצְחָ֜ק וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לְעֵשָׂ֗ו הֵ֣ן גְּבִ֞יר שַׂמְתִּ֥יו לָךְ֙ וְאֶת־כָּל־אֶחָ֗יו נָתַ֤תִּי לוֹ֙ לַעֲבָדִ֔ים וְדָגָ֥ן וְתִירֹ֖שׁ סְמַכְתִּ֑יו וּלְכָ֣ה אֵפ֔וֹא מָ֥ה אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֖ה בְּנִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and he.answered Isaac and he.said to Esau here! lord I have.appointed.him to you and (et) all brothers his I.have.given to him to servants and grain and new.wine I have.sustained.him and for you then what? will.I.do my.son my

*JPS 1917:* And Isaac answered and said unto Esau: 'Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him; and what then shall I do for thee, my son?'

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