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title: גָּבִישׁ — crystal · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּבִישׁ (1378), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: crystal. BDB 1906: n.m. crystal. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּבִישׁ

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«גָּבִישׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **crystal** — 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:** 1378 · **BDB:** גָּבִישׁ

### Glosses

crystal (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

crystal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1378/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. crystal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1378/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. crystal (cf. אֶלְגָּבִישׁ hail—on relation of meanings cf. Gk. κρύσταλλος, \& Ethiopic usage of እብነ በረድ DiLex. Aeth. 759—Arabic جِبْسٌ gypsum, Assyrian gibšu, mass, abundance, COTGloss)—רָאמוֹת וְגָבִישׁ Jb 28:18 coral and crystal.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גָּבִישׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1378/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 28:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.18/)

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רָאמ֣וֹת וְ֭גָבִישׁ לֹ֣א יִזָּכֵ֑ר וּמֶ֥שֶׁךְ חָ֝כְמָ֗ה מִפְּנִינִֽים׃

*Word for word:* corals and crystal not it.is.remembered and.\[the\] price of.wisdom \[is\].more than.corals

*JPS 1917:* No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

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