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title: גָּהַר — bend · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּהַר (1457), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: bend. BDB 1906: vb. bend, crouch. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּהַר

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«גָּהַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bend** — 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:** 1457 · **BDB:** גָּהַר

### Glosses

he.bent.down (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bend [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1457/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. bend, crouch [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1457/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. bend, crouch (so Vrss)— Impf. וַיִּגְהַר 1 K 18:42 sq. אַרְצָה Elijah, with face between knees; 2 K 4:34, 35 Elisha, over dead boy, sq. עליו (‖ וישׁכב v 34, cf. שׁכב).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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 «גָּהַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1457/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 18:42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.18.42/)

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וַיַּעֲלֶ֥ה אַחְאָ֖ב לֶאֱכֹ֣ל וְלִשְׁתּ֑וֹת וְאֵ֨לִיָּ֜הוּ עָלָ֨ה אֶל־רֹ֤אשׁ הַכַּרְמֶל֙ וַיִּגְהַ֣ר אַ֔רְצָה וַיָּ֥שֶׂם פָּנָ֖יו בֵּ֥ין בִּרְכָּֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and he.went.up Ahab to eat and to drink and Elijah he.went.up to the.top of.(the) Carmel and he.bent.down ground to.\[the\] and he.put face his between knees his

*JPS 1917:* So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees.

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[2 Kings 4:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.4.35/)

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וַיָּ֜שָׁב וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ בַּבַּ֗יִת אַחַ֥ת הֵ֙נָּה֙ וְאַחַ֣ת הֵ֔נָּה וַיַּ֖עַל וַיִּגְהַ֣ר עָלָ֑יו וַיְזוֹרֵ֤ר הַנַּ֙עַר֙ עַד־שֶׁ֣בַע פְּעָמִ֔ים וַיִּפְקַ֥ח הַנַּ֖עַר אֶת־עֵינָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and he.went.back and he.walked in the house one.\[time\] hither and one.\[time\] hither and he.went.up and he.bent.down over him and he.sneezed the lad until seven times and he.opened the lad (et) eyes his

*JPS 1917:* Then he returned, and walked in the house once to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him; and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.

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