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title: גַּד — coriander · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גַּד (1407), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: coriander. BDB 1906: n.m. coriander. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גַּד

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«גַּד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **coriander** — 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:** 1407 · **BDB:** גַּד²

### Glosses

of.coriander (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

coriander [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1407/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. coriander [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1407/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. coriander (NH גִּיד, Aramaic גִּידָּא; connexion with above √ dub.; v. further LöwNo. 155)—זֶרַע גַּד Ex 16:31 Nu 11:7, sim. of manna.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גַּד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1407/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 11:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.11.7/)

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וְהַמָּ֕ן כִּזְרַע־גַּ֖ד ה֑וּא וְעֵינ֖וֹ כְּעֵ֥ין הַבְּדֹֽלַח׃

*Word for word:* and the manna \[was\].like seed of.coriander it and appearance its \[was\].like the.appearance of.(the) bdellium

*JPS 1917:* Now the manna was like coriander seed, and the appearance thereof as the appearance of bdellium.

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[Exodus 16:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.16.31/)

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וַיִּקְרְא֧וּ בֵֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ מָ֑ן וְה֗וּא כְּזֶ֤רַע גַּד֙ לָבָ֔ן וְטַעְמ֖וֹ כְּצַפִּיחִ֥ת בִּדְבָֽשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and they.called the.household of.Israel (et) name its manna and it like.\[the\] seed of.coriander \[was\].white and taste its \[was\].like a.wafer with honey

*JPS 1917:* And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna; and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.

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