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title: גָּדִישׁ — heap · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּדִישׁ (1430), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: heap. BDB 1906: n.m. heap, stack. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּדִישׁ

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«גָּדִישׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **heap** — 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:** 1430 · **BDB:** גָּדִישׁ

### Glosses

a.stack.of.sheaves (2); stack.of.sheaves (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

heap [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1430/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. heap, stack [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1430/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Jb 5:26 heap, stack (NH id., Aramaic id.)—גָּדִישׁ Ex 22:5 + 3 times;—stack of sheaves Ex 22:5 Ju 15:5 (‖ קָמָה in both) Jb 5:26.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גָּדִישׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1430/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 5:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.26/)

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תָּב֣וֹא בְכֶ֣לַח אֱלֵי־קָ֑בֶר כַּעֲל֖וֹת גָּדִ֣ישׁ בְּעִתּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* you.will.go in full.strength to \[the\].grave as goes.up a.stack.of.sheaves at its.appropriate time

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt come to thy grave in a ripe age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in its season.

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[Exodus 22:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.22.5/)

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כִּֽי־תֵצֵ֨א אֵ֜שׁ וּמָצְאָ֤ה קֹצִים֙ וְנֶאֱכַ֣ל גָּדִ֔ישׁ א֥וֹ הַקָּמָ֖ה א֣וֹ הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה שַׁלֵּ֣ם יְשַׁלֵּ֔ם הַמַּבְעִ֖ר אֶת־הַבְּעֵרָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* (dm) it.will.go.forth a.fire and it.will.find thorns and it.will.be.consumed a.stack.of.sheaves or the.standing grain or the field certainly.(make.compensation) he.will.make.compensation the.\[one who\].kindled (et) the fire

*JPS 1917:* If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the shocks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field are consumed; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

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