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title: גַּבְרִיאֵל — Garbriel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גַּבְרִיאֵל (1403), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Garbriel. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גַּבְרִיאֵל

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«גַּבְרִיאֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Garbriel** — 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:** 1403 · **BDB:** גַּבְרִיאֵל

### Glosses

Gabriel (1); O.Gabriel (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Garbriel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1403/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1403/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (man of Ēl) an archangel Dn 8:16; 9:21 (cf. Lu 1:19).

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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 (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גַּבְרִיאֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1403/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 8:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.8.16/)

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וָאֶשְׁמַ֥ע קוֹל־אָדָ֖ם בֵּ֣ין אוּלָ֑י וַיִּקְרָא֙ וַיֹּאמַ֔ר גַּבְרִיאֵ֕ל הָבֵ֥ן לְהַלָּ֖ז אֶת־הַמַּרְאֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and I.heard \[the\].voice of.a.person between Ulai and he.called and he.said O.Gabriel explain to this.\[one\] (et) the vision

*JPS 1917:* And I heard the voice of a man between the banks of Ulai, who called, and said: 'Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.'

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[Daniel 9:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.9.21/)

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וְע֛וֹד אֲנִ֥י מְדַבֵּ֖ר בַּתְּפִלָּ֑ה וְהָאִ֣ישׁ גַּבְרִיאֵ֡ל אֲשֶׁר֩ רָאִ֨יתִי בֶחָז֤וֹן בַּתְּחִלָּה֙ מֻעָ֣ף בִּיעָ֔ף נֹגֵ֣עַ אֵלַ֔י כְּעֵ֖ת מִנְחַת־עָֽרֶב׃

*Word for word:* and still I \[was\].speaking in (the) prayer and the man Gabriel whom I.had.seen in the vision at the beginning wearied with weariness \[was\].approaching (to) me about.\[the\] time of.\[the\].offering of.\[the\].evening

*JPS 1917:* yea, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, approached close to me about the time of the evening offering.

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