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title: גְּבִירָה — mistress · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גְּבִירָה (1377), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: mistress. BDB 1906: n.f. lady, queen queen-mother. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גְּבִירָה

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«גְּבִירָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **mistress** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 1377 · **BDB:** גְּבִירָה

### Glosses

queen-mother (4); queen (1); the.queen-mother (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

mistress [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1377/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. lady, queen queen-mother [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1377/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. lady, queen, 1 K 11:19; queen-mother, 1 K 15:13 = 2 Ch 15:16; וַיְסִרֶהָ מִגּ׳ he removed her from (the position of) queenmother; cf. 2 K 10:13 Je 13:18; 29:2.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גְּבִירָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1377/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 13:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.13.18/)

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אֱמֹ֥ר לַמֶּ֛לֶךְ וְלַגְּבִירָ֖ה הַשְׁפִּ֣ילוּ שֵׁ֑בוּ כִּ֤י יָרַד֙ מַרְאֲשׁ֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔ם עֲטֶ֖רֶת תִּֽפְאַרְתְּכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* say to the king and to the queen-mother make.low sit (dm) it.has.come.down of.your.head the.place the.crown your.splendor your

*JPS 1917:* Say thou unto the king and to the queen-mother: 'Sit ye down low; for your headtires are come down, even your beautiful crown.'

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[1 Kings 11:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.11.19/)

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וַיִּמְצָא֙ הֲדַ֥ד חֵ֛ן בְּעֵינֵ֥י פַרְעֹ֖ה מְאֹ֑ד וַיִּתֶּן־ל֤וֹ אִשָּׁה֙ אֶת־אֲח֣וֹת אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ אֲח֖וֹת תַּחְפְּנֵ֥יס הַגְּבִירָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.found Hadad favor in the.eyes of.Pharaoh exceedingly and he.gave to him a.wife (et) the.sister his.own.wife his the.sister of.Tahpenes the queen

*JPS 1917:* And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.

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