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title: גֶּבַע — Gaba · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גֶּבַע (1387), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 19 times: Gaba. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גֶּבַע

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«גֶּבַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Gaba** — 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:** 19 times · **Key:** 1387 · **BDB:** גֶּ֫בַע

### Glosses

Geba (16); of.Geba (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Gaba [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1387/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1387/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc.—ג׳ abs. Jos 21:17 +; cstr. Ju 20:10 +; גָּ֑בַע Jos 18:24 +;—Levitical city, in Benjamin Jos 21:17 = 1 Ch 6:45 Jos 18:24 cf. 1 Ch 8:6, 1 K 15:22 Ne 11:31; also 1 S 13:16 \& Ju 20:10, 33 MT, in all three read (גִּבְעַת) גִּבְעָה, cf. context;—northernmost city in kingdom of Judah 2 K 23:8 from Geba to Beersheba, cf. Zc 14:10; situated S. of pass of Michmash Is 10:29 1 S 14:5 cf. 1 S 13:3; mentioned also 2 Ch 16:6 Ezr 2:26 Ne 7:30; 12:29; in 1 S 13:18 𝔊 We Dr read הַגֶּבַע for MT גְּבוּל q.v.; (2 S 5:25 read גבעון with 𝔊 and 1 Ch 14:16).—Mod. Jebaʿ RobBR i. 440 f. BdPal 120.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 18 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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 «גֶּבַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1387/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 2:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.26/)

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בְּנֵ֤י הָרָמָה֙ וָגָ֔בַע שֵׁ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וְאֶחָֽד׃ס

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.(the) Ramah and Geba six hundred(s) twenty and one

*JPS 1917:* The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.

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[Nehemiah 7:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.7.30/)

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אַנְשֵׁ֤י הָֽרָמָה֙ וָגָ֔בַע שֵׁ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וְאֶחָֽד׃ס

*Word for word:* the.men of.(the) Ramah and Geba six hundred(s) twenty and one

*JPS 1917:* The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.

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