---
title: גְּדִי — kid · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גְּדִי (1423), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: kid. BDB 1906: n.m. kid. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1423.html)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ג](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1490.md)‎ / גְּדִי‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# גְּדִי

<!-- .meta -->
«גְּדִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **kid** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Used:** 16 times · **Key:** 1423 · **BDB:** גְּדִי

### Glosses

a.kid (8); kid (3); kids (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

kid [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1423/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. kid [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1423/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Gn 27, 9 kid (NH id., Arabic جَدْىٌ Ph. גדא, Aramaic גַּדְיָא, ܓܰܕܝܳܐ; cf. Assyrian gadû, gadiia, Meissner ZA iv. 1889, 286 ZehnpfundBAS i. 505)—גְּדִי Gn 38:17 + 12 times (abs. Gn 38:23 +, \& (generally) cstr. Gn 38:17 +); pl. גְּדָיִים 1 S 10:3, cstr. גְּדָיֵי Gn 27:9, 16;—kid, almost always ג׳ עִזִּים Gn 27:9, 16; 38:17, 20 Ju 6:19; 13:15, 19; 15:1 1 S 16:20; abs. Ex 23:19; 34:26 Dt 14:21 (all לא תבשׁל ג׳ בחלב אמו), \& c. art. הַגּ׳ Gn 38:23 Ju 14:6; abs. pl. 1 S 10:3;—cf. also עֵין גֶּ֫דִי.

<!-- .note -->
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גְּדִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1423/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Genesis 27:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.27.16/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
וְאֵ֗ת עֹרֹת֙ גְּדָיֵ֣י הָֽעִזִּ֔ים הִלְבִּ֖ישָׁה עַל־יָדָ֑יו וְעַ֖ל חֶלְקַ֥ת צַוָּארָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and (et) the.skins of.the.kids of the.goats she.clothed on hands his and on the.smooth.part his.neck(s) his

*JPS 1917:* And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Exodus 23:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.23.19/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
רֵאשִׁ֗ית בִּכּוּרֵי֙ אַדְמָ֣תְךָ֔ תָּבִ֕יא בֵּ֖ית יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ לֹֽא־תְבַשֵּׁ֥ל גְּדִ֖י בַּחֲלֵ֥ב אִמּֽוֹ׃ס

*Word for word:* the.first of.the.first-fruits your.ground your you.will.bring the.house of.Yahweh God your not you.must.boil a.kid in the.milk its.mother his

*JPS 1917:* The choicest first-fruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [גְּדוֹר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1446.md)
- next →: [גָּדִי](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1424.md)
- ↑ back to [ג](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1490.md)