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title: גָּד — Gad · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּד (1410), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 72 times: Gad. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּד

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«גָּד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Gad** — 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:** 72 times · **Key:** 1410 · **BDB:** גָּד

### Glosses

of.Gad (47); Gad (23); gad (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Gad [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1410/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1410/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (fortunatus? perhaps der. from foreg. divine name SiegfJPTh 1875, 364 StaGesch. i. 148; but v. also BaeRel. 159 f.)—גָּ֥ד Gn 35:26 +, as well as גָּד֑ Gn 30:11 +;— son of Jacob and Zilpah; strictly as personal name Gn 30:11; 35:26; 46:16 Ex 1:4 cf. Gn 49:19 1 Ch 2:2. as name of tribe Nu 1:14 Dt 27:13; 33:20(×2) Jos 18:7 Ez 48:27, 28; cf. אֶרֶץ גָּד 1 S 13:7 v. also Je 49:1, שַׁעַר גָּד Ez 48:34, on הַנַּחַל הַגָּד 2 S 24:5 cf. We Dr; explicitly מַטֵּה גָּד Nu 1:25; 2:14; 13:15 Jos 13:24; 20:8; 21:7, 36 1 Ch 6:48, 65; once, צְבָא מַטֵּה בְנֵי־גָד Nu 10:20; בְּנֵי גָד (MI10 אש גד) Nu 1:24 + 12 times Nu; Jos 4:12 + 14 times Jos; 1 Ch 5:11; 12:14. a prophet in David’s time, called נָבִיא 1 S 22:5, but הַנָּבִיא חֹזֶה דָוִד 2 S 24:11 \& חֹזֵה דָוִיד ‖ 1 Ch 21:9, הַחֹזֶה 1 Ch 29:29 \& חֹזֵה־הַמֶּלֶךְ 2 Ch 29:25. מִגְדַּל־גַּד v. p. 154.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 33 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גָּד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1410/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 1:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.1.14/)

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לְגָ֕ד אֶלְיָסָ֖ף בֶּן־דְּעוּאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* for Gad Eliasaph the.son of.Deuel

*JPS 1917:* Of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

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[Exodus 1:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.1.4/)

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דָּ֥ן וְנַפְתָּלִ֖י גָּ֥ד וְאָשֵֽׁר׃

*Word for word:* Dan and Naphtali Gad and Asher

*JPS 1917:* Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

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