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title: גְּדֵרָה — Gederah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גְּדֵרָה (1449), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Gederah. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. 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: **Gederah** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 1449 · **BDB:** גְּדֵרָה²

### Glosses

Gederah (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Gederah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1449/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1449/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. a city of Judah הַגְּדֵרָה Jos 15:36; 𝔊 Γαδηρα, 𝔊L Γαδιρα;? cf. Γεδουρ LagOnom. 245, 2nd ed. 254.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 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/1490/1449/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 15:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.36/)

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וְשַׁעֲרַ֙יִם֙ וַעֲדִיתַ֔יִם וְהַגְּדֵרָ֖ה וּגְדֵרֹתָ֑יִם עָרִ֥ים אַרְבַּֽע־עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃

*Word for word:* and Shaaraim and Adithaim and (the) Gederah and Gederothaim cities four- teen and villages their

*JPS 1917:* and Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, with Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages.

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[1 Chronicles 4:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.23/)

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הֵ֚מָּה הַיּ֣וֹצְרִ֔ים וְיֹשְׁבֵ֥י נְטָעִ֖ים וּגְדֵרָ֑ה עִם־הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ בִּמְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ יָ֥שְׁבוּ שָֽׁם׃ס

*Word for word:* they \[were\].the potters and the.inhabitants of.Netaim and Gederah with the king in service his they.dwelt there

*JPS 1917:* These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plantations and hedges; there they dwelt occupied in the king's work.

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