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title: גְּדִיָּה — kids · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גְּדִיָּה (1429), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: kids. BDB 1906: n.f. kids. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גְּדִיָּה

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«גְּדִיָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **kids** — 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:** 1429 · **BDB:** גְּדִיָּה

### Glosses

goats (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

kids [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1429/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. kids [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1429/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. only pl. kids sf. גְּדִיֹּתַיִךְ Ct 1:8 (‖ הצאן).

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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 (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 «גְּדִיָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1429/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 1:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.8/)

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אִם־לֹ֤א תֵדְעִי֙ לָ֔ךְ הַיָּפָ֖ה בַּנָּשִׁ֑ים צְֽאִי־לָ֞ךְ בְּעִקְבֵ֣י הַצֹּ֗אן וּרְעִי֙ אֶת־גְּדִיֹּתַ֔יִךְ עַ֖ל מִשְׁכְּנ֥וֹת הָרֹעִֽים׃ס

*Word for word:* if not you.know (for yourself O beautiful.\[one\] among (the) women go.out (for yourself in the.footprints of the.flock and pasture (et) goats your.young at the.dwelling.places of the.shepherds

*JPS 1917:* If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock and feed thy kids, beside the shepherds' tents.

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