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title: גֶּבֶר — Geber · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גֶּבֶר (1398), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Geber. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. 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: **Geber** — 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:** 1398 · **BDB:** גֶּ֫בֶר²

### Glosses

Geber (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Geber [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1398/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1398/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. an official of Solomon 1 K 4:19 (cf. בֶּן־גֶּבֶר v 13, p. 122 supr.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 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/1490/1398/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 4:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.4.19/)

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גֶּ֥בֶר בֶּן־אֻרִ֖י בְּאֶ֣רֶץ גִּלְעָ֑ד אֶ֜רֶץ סִיח֣וֹן ׀ מֶ֣לֶךְ הָאֱמֹרִ֗י וְעֹג֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ הַבָּשָׁ֔ן וּנְצִ֥יב אֶחָ֖ד אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* Geber the.son of.Uri in the.land of.Gilead the.land of.Sihon the.king of the.Amorite\[s\] and Og the.king of.(the) Bashan and an.overseer one who \[was\].in the land

*JPS 1917:* Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and one officer that was over all the officers in the land.

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[1 Kings 4:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.4.13/)

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בֶּן־גֶּ֖בֶר בְּרָמֹ֣ת גִּלְעָ֑ד רָמֹ֣ת גִּלְעָ֑ד ל֡וֹ חַוֺּת֩ יָאִ֨יר בֶּן־מְנַשֶּׁ֜ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּגִּלְעָ֗ד ל֚וֹ חֶ֤בֶל אַרְגֹּב֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּבָּשָׁ֔ן שִׁשִּׁים֙ עָרִ֣ים גְּדֹל֔וֹת חוֹמָ֖ה וּבְרִ֥יחַ נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃ס

*Word for word:* Ben- Geber in Ramoth Gilead \[belonged\].to him the.villages of.Jair the.son of.Manasseh which \[are\].in (the) Gilead \[belonged\].to him the.region of.Argob which \[is\].in (the) Bashan sixty cities large a.wall and bar\[s\] of.bronze

*JPS 1917:* the son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the villages of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; even to him pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brazen bars;

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