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title: גְּדוּדָה — furrow · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גְּדוּדָה (1418), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: furrow. BDB 1906: n.m. band, troop. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גְּדוּדָה

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«גְּדוּדָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **furrow** — 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:** 1418 · **BDB:** גְּדוּד

### Glosses

cuts (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

furrow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1418/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. band, troop [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1418/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Gn 49:19 band, troop (as making inroads; others, as a division, detachment (as severed), but this usually later in Heb.)—ג׳ abs. 1 S 30:8 + 19 times; cstr. 2 Ch 25:9; pl. גְּדוּדִים 2 S 4:2 + 2 times; cstr. גְּדוּדֵי 2 K 6:23 + 6 times; sf. גְּדוּדָיו Jb 19:12; 25:3;— marauding band (making incursions, inroads, cf. גדד) 1 S 30:8, 15(×2), 23 cf. 1 Ch 12:22, also 2 Ch 22:1 1 K 11:24 2 K 5:2; 6:23; 13:20, 21; 24:2(×4) cf. 2 S 22:30 = ψ 18:30, \& Gn 49:19 (v. גַּד 30:11) Ho 6:9; 7:1 Je 18:22; שָׂרֵי גְּדוּדִים 2 S 4:2, cf. וַיִּתְּנֵם בְּרָאשֵׁי הַגְּדוּד 1 Ch 12:19; fig. of God’s attacking forces, his chastisements Jb 19:12 (cf. 25:3 infr.) troop, of divisions of army of Isr. (late) גְּדוּדֵי צְבָא מִלְחָמָה 1 Ch 7:4, cf. 2 Ch 26:11; band of Israel, i.e. troop of mercenaries hired from Isr. by Amaziah 2 Ch 25:9, 10; בְּנֵי הַגְּדוּד i.e. soldiers of the band 2 Ch 25:13; of army in general כְּמֶלֶךְ בַּגְּדוּד Jb 29:25, in sim.; also Mi 4:14 בַּת־גְּדוּד of Zion. foray, raid 2 S 3:22.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 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 «גְּדוּדָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1418/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 48:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.48.37/)

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כִּ֤י כָל־רֹאשׁ֙ קָרְחָ֔ה וְכָל־זָקָ֖ן גְּרֻעָ֑ה עַ֤ל כָּל־יָדַ֙יִם֙ גְּדֻדֹ֔ת וְעַל־מָתְנַ֖יִם שָֽׂק׃

*Word for word:* (dm) every head \[will.be\].baldness and every beard \[will.be\].clipped \[will.be\].on all hands cuts and \[will.be\].on loins sackcloth

*JPS 1917:* For every head is bald, and every beard clipped; upon all the hands are cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.

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