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title: גִּדּוּף — revile · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גִּדּוּף (1421), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: revile. BDB 1906: n.m.pl. revilings, reviling words. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גִּדּוּף

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«גִּדּוּף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **revile** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 1421 · **BDB:** גִּדּוּפִים

### Glosses

reviling.words (1); the.reviling.words (1); their.reviling (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

revile [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1421/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m.pl. revilings, reviling words [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1421/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m.pl. revilings, reviling words—ג׳ Is 43:28; cstr. גִּדֻּפֵי Zp 2:8; sf. גִּדֻּפֹתָם Is 51:7 between men, Is 43:28 (‖ חֵרֶם); 51:7 Zp 2:8 (both ‖ חֶרְפָּה).

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גִּדּוּף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1421/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 43:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.43.28/)

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וַאֲחַלֵּ֖ל שָׂ֣רֵי קֹ֑דֶשׁ וְאֶתְּנָ֤ה לַחֵ֙רֶם֙ יַעֲקֹ֔ב וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְגִדּוּפִֽים׃ס

*Word for word:* and I.will.profane \[the\].officials of.holiness and I.will.give to.(the) total destruction Jacob and Israel to reviling.words

*JPS 1917:* Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and I have given Jacob to condemnation, and Israel to reviling.

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[Zephaniah 2:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.2.8/)

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שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙ חֶרְפַּ֣ת מוֹאָ֔ב וְגִדּוּפֵ֖י בְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֑וֹן אֲשֶׁ֤ר חֵֽרְפוּ֙ אֶת־עַמִּ֔י וַיַּגְדִּ֖ילוּ עַל־גְּבוּלָֽם׃

*Word for word:* I.have.heard the.reproach of.Moab and the.reviling.words of.the.people of.Ammon who they.have.reproached (et) people my and they.have.magnified.themselves on territory their

*JPS 1917:* I have heard the taunt of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, wherewith they have taunted My people, and spoken boastfully concerning their border.

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