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title: גִּדֵּל — Giddel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גִּדֵּל (1435), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Giddel. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גִּדֵּל

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«גִּדֵּל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Giddel** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 1435 · **BDB:** גִּדֵּל

### Glosses

of.Giddel (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Giddel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1435/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1435/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (very great)— head of one of the families of Nethinim Ezr 2:47 Ne 7:49. head of one of the families of Solomon’s servants Ezr 2:56 Ne 7:58.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גִּדֵּל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1435/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 2:47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.47/)

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בְּנֵי־גִדֵּ֥ל בְּנֵי־גַ֖חַר בְּנֵ֥י רְאָיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Giddel the.descendants of.Gahar the.descendants of.Reaiah

*JPS 1917:* the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah;

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[Ezra 2:56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.56/)

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בְּנֵי־יַעְלָ֥ה בְנֵי־דַרְק֖וֹן בְּנֵ֥י גִדֵּֽל׃

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Jaala the.descendants of.Darkon the.descendants of.Giddel

*JPS 1917:* the children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel;

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