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title: גֶּבֶר — man · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גֶּבֶר (1397), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 66 times: man. BDB 1906: n.m. man. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גֶּבֶר

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«גֶּבֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **man** — 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:** 66 times · **Key:** 1397 · **BDB:** גֶּ֫בֶר

### Glosses

a.man (28); man (10); men (9)

### Meaning (OSHB)

man [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1397/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. man [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1397/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. man (NH id., MI16 גברן (pl.), Aramaic גְּבַר, ܓܒܰܪ; Assyrian gabru, rival is Akkadian loanword according to SchrJLZ 1874, 200 DlS 120, Sm. Chald. Gen. 286)—Dt 22:5 + 39 times; גָּ֑בֶר Jb 3:3 + 13 times; cstr. גְּבֶּר ψ 18:26 (= 2 S 22:26 גִּבּוֹר but 𝔊 𝔖 read גֶּבֶר); pl. גְּבָרים Je 41:16 + 10 times;—man as strong, disting. from women, children, and non-combatants whom he is to defend, chiefly poetic Ex 10:11 Nu 24:3, 15 (E) Ex 12:37 Jos 7:14, 17, 18 (J) Dt 22:5(×2) Ju 5:30 2 S 23:1 1 Ch 23:3; 24:4; 26:12 Jb 3:3 + 14 times Jb; ψ 18:26 + 8 times ψ; Pr 6:34 + 7 times Pr; Is 22:17 Je 17:5 + 8 times Je; La 3:1, 27, 35, 39 Dn 8:15 Mi 2:2 Hb 2:5 Zc 13:7; also 1 S 10:21 𝔊 We Dr; = each (of locusts) Jo 2:8, cf. אישׁ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 28 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 «גֶּבֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1397/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 18:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.18.26/)

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עִם־חָסִ֥יד תִּתְחַסָּ֑ד עִם־גְּבַ֥ר תָּ֝מִ֗ים תִּתַּמָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* with a.faithful.\[person\] you.show.yourself.faithful with a.man blameless you.show.yourself.blameless

*JPS 1917:* With the merciful Thou dost show Thyself merciful, with the upright man Thou dost show Thyself upright;

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[Psalms 128:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.128.4/)

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הִנֵּ֣ה כִי־כֵ֭ן יְבֹ֥רַךְ גָּ֗בֶר יְרֵ֣א יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* here! (dm) thus he.will.be.blessed a.man fearing (of).Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* Behold, surely thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.

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