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title: גָּדַד — penetrate · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּדַד (1413), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: penetrate. BDB 1906: vb. penetrate, cut. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּדַד

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«גָּדַד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **penetrate** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 1413 · **BDB:** גָּדַד

### Glosses

they.band.together (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

penetrate [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1413/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. penetrate, cut [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1413/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. penetrate, cut (NH id., cut, cut out, Aramaic גְּדַד, ܓܰܕ, Arabic جَدّ cut, cut off; Ethiopic ገደደ in deriv.)— Impf. ψ 94:21 יָג֯וֹדּוּ עַל־נֶפֶשׁ צַדִּיק they attack (penetrate, make inroads upon) the life of a righteous man (Ol proposes יָגוּרוּ cf. 56:7; 59:4 where, however, Che יגודו; si vera l., perhaps denom. from גְּדוּד cf. Ho 6:9 \& infr.; cf. also גוד \& Köi 356). Impf. יִתְגֹּדַד Je 16:6; 2 fs. תִּתְגֹּדֲדִי Mi 4:14, תִּתְגּוֹדָ֑דִי Je 47:5; pl. וַיִּתְגֹּדְדוּ 1 K 18:28, יִתְגּוֹדָ֑דוּ Je 5:7 + Ho 7:14 v. infr., תִּתְגֹּדְדוּ Dt 14:1; Pt. pl. מִתְגֹּדְדִים Je 41:5;— cut oneself, as religious (heathen) practice 1 K 18:28; practised also by men of Shechem, etc. in worship of י׳ (late) Je 41:5; for the dead, forbidden Dt 14:1 לֹא תִתְגֹּדְדוּ וְלֹא תָשִׂימוּ קָרְחָה בֵּין עֵינֵיכֶם לָמֵת, Je 16:6; cf. 47:5 (subject Philistia personified); also for MT יִתְגּוֹרָר֖וּ Ho 7:14 Codd, they cut themselves, 𝔊 Gr Che RVm, read We Now Marti Harper (cf. i, ii. גּוּר). gather in troops, or bands; go in troops or throngs, throng; (denominative from גְּדוּד q.v.) cf. תִּתְגֹּדֲדִי בַת־גְּדוּד Mi 4:14 (addressed to Jerusalem); Je 5:7 read prob. יִתְגֹּרָ֑רוּ 𝔊 Gie Du al. וּבֵית זוֹנָה יִתְגּ׳ and to a harlot’s house they throng.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גָּדַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1413/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 94:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.94.21/)

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יָ֭גוֹדּוּ עַל־נֶ֣פֶשׁ צַדִּ֑יק וְדָ֖ם נָקִ֣י יַרְשִֽׁיעוּ׃

*Word for word:* they.band.together on \[the\].life of.\[the\].righteous and blood innocent they.condemn.as.guilty

*JPS 1917:* They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.

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