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title: גִּדְיָה — bank · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גִּדְיָה (1415), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: bank. BDB 1906: n.f. bank. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גִּדְיָה

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«גִּדְיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bank** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 1415 · **BDB:** גָּדָה

### Glosses

banks (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bank [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1415/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. bank [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1415/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. bank of river (cf. Arabic جُدَّةٌ, جِدَّةٌ id., Aramaic גּוּדָּא, wall), גְּדוֹתָיו Jos 3:15; 4:18 1 Ch 12:16 Is 8:7.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 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 «גִּדְיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1415/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 3:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.3.15/)

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וּכְב֞וֹא נֹשְׂאֵ֤י הָֽאָרוֹן֙ עַד־הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן וְרַגְלֵ֤י הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ נֹשְׂאֵ֣י הָֽאָר֔וֹן נִטְבְּל֖וּ בִּקְצֵ֣ה הַמָּ֑יִם וְהַיַּרְדֵּ֗ן מָלֵא֙ עַל־כָּל־גְּדוֹתָ֔יו כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֥י קָצִֽיר׃

*Word for word:* and just as.came \[those.who\].carry (of).the ark to the Jordan and the.feet of the.priests \[who\].carry (of).the ark they.were.dipped in the.edge of the.waters and the Jordan it.is.full over all banks its all \[the\].days of.harvest

*JPS 1917:* and when they that bore the ark were come unto the Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bore the ark were dipped in the brink of the water — for the Jordan overfloweth all its banks all the time of harvest —

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[1 Chronicles 12:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.12.16/)

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אֵ֣לֶּה הֵ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָבְר֤וּ אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן֙ בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֔וֹן וְה֥וּא מְמַלֵּ֖א עַל־כָּל־גְּדוֹתָ֑יו וַיַּבְרִ֙יחוּ֙ אֶת־כָּל־הָ֣עֲמָקִ֔ים לַמִּזְרָ֖ח וְלַֽמַּעֲרָֽב׃ס

*Word for word:* these \[were\].they who they.passed.over (et) the Jordan in the month (the) first and it \[was\].overflowing over all banks its and they.put.to.flight (et) all the valleys to the east and to the west

*JPS 1917:* These are they that went over the Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all its banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.

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