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title: גְּדֵרָה — wall · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גְּדֵרָה (1448), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: wall. BDB 1906: n.f. wall. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גְּדֵרָה

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«גְּדֵרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wall** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 1448 · **BDB:** גְּדֵרָה

### Glosses

folds (4); walls (3); the.folds (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wall [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1448/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. wall [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1448/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. wall—גְּדֵרָה 1 Ch 4:23 + ψ 62:4 (MT גָּדֵר q.v.), גְּדֶרֶת Ez 13:5 (Co, cf. 𝔊; MT גָּדֵר) 42:12 (del. Co); pl. גְּדֵרוֹת Na 3:17 + 2 times, גְּדֵרֹת Nu 32:24; cstr. גִּדְרוֹת Nu 32:26 + 2 times, גִּדְרֹת Nu 32:16; sf. גְּדֵרֹתָיו ψ 89:41;—wall, hedge 1 Ch 4:23 (or is this n.pr.loc.? cf. Öt) Na 3:17 (where grasshoppers alight), Je 49:3; wall, connected with Ezekiel’s temple Ez 42:12 (del. Co); defences ψ 89:41; elsewhere ג׳ צאן sheep-folds Nu 32:16, 36 1 S 24:4 Zp 2:6 cf. Nu 32:24; Ez 13:5 Co גְּדֶרֶת after 𝔊; ψ 62:4 MT גדר הדחויה, read גדרה ד׳ cf. גָּדֵר.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גְּדֵרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1448/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 89:41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.89.41/)

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פָּרַ֥צְתָּ כָל־גְּדֵרֹתָ֑יו שַׂ֖מְתָּ מִבְצָרָ֣יו מְחִתָּה׃

*Word for word:* you.have.broken.through all walls his you.have.made strongholds his a.ruin

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast broken down all his fences; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.

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[Zephaniah 2:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.2.6/)

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וְֽהָיְתָ֞ה חֶ֣בֶל הַיָּ֗ם נְוֺ֛ת כְּרֹ֥ת רֹעִ֖ים וְגִדְר֥וֹת צֹֽאן׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.be the.region of the.sea pastures of.meadows of.shepherds and folds of.sheep

*JPS 1917:* And the sea-coast shall be pastures, even meadows for shepherds, and folds for flocks.

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