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title: גָּדַף — revile · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּדַף (1442), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: revile. BDB 1906: vb. revile, blaspheme. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּדַף

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«גָּדַף» 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 1442 · **BDB:** גָּדַף

### Glosses

have.you.blasphemed? (2); they.have.blasphemed (2); \[is\].blaspheming (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

revile [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1442/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. revile, blaspheme [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1442/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. only revile, blaspheme (NH גָּדַף cut, wound, then (especially Pi.) revile; Arabic جَدَفَ cut, cut off, ii. deny a favour, be ungrateful, etc.; Aramaic Pa. גַּדֵּף, ܓܰܕܶܦ, revile)—Pf. 2 ms. וְגִדַּפְתָּ 2 K 19:22 = Is 37:23; 3 pl. גִּדְּפוּ 2 K 19:6 = Is 37:6; Pt. מְגַדֵּף Nu 15:30 ψ 44:17;— revile, between man and man, (abs.) קוֹל מְחָרֵף וּמְגַדֵּף ψ 44:17 the voice of (him that) reproacheth and revileth. blaspheme, sq. acc. י׳ Nu 15:30 (P); 2 K 19:22 = Is 37:23 (‖ חֵרֵף; obj. אֶת־מִי, ref. to י׳ as above); 2 acc. Ez 20:27; הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר ג׳ נַעֲרֵי מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר אֹתִי … 2 K 19:6 = Is 37:6 the words with which the servants of the king of Assyria blaspheme me.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גָּדַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1442/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 44:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.44.17/)

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מִ֭קּוֹל מְחָרֵ֣ף וּמְגַדֵּ֑ף מִפְּנֵ֥י א֝וֹיֵ֗ב וּמִתְנַקֵּֽם׃

*Word for word:* from the.sound of.\[one.who\].taunts and \[one.who\].reviles because of an.enemy and an.avenger

*JPS 1917:* For the voice of him that taunteth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the revengeful.

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[2 Kings 19:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.19.22/)

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אֶת־מִ֤י חֵרַ֙פְתָּ֙ וְגִדַּ֔פְתָּ וְעַל־מִ֖י הֲרִימ֣וֹתָ קּ֑וֹל וַתִּשָּׂ֥א מָר֛וֹם עֵינֶ֖יךָ עַל־קְד֥וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* (et) whom? have.you.taunted and have.you.blasphemed? and on whom? have.you.raised a.voice and have.you.lifted.up? height eyes your on the.holy.\[one\] of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* Whom hast thou taunted and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice? Yea, thou hast lifted up thine eyes on high, even against the Holy One of Israel!

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