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title: גּוֹג — Gog · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גּוֹג (1463), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: Gog. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גּוֹג

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«גּוֹג» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Gog** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 1463 · **BDB:** גּוֹג

### Glosses

Gog (6); O.Gog (3); \[was\].Gog (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Gog [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1463/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1463/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (√ unknown)— 1 Ch 5:4 a Reubenite. Gog of the land of Magog, prince of Rosh, Meshek, and Tubal, גּוֹג אֶרֶץ מָגוֹג נְשִׂיא רֹאשׁ מֶשֶׁךְ וְתֻבָ֑ל Ez 38:2, 3 (om. א׳ מָגוֹג) 39:1 (om. id.) cf. 38:14, 16 (del. 𝔊 𝔖 Co) v 18; 39:1, 11(×3) (גֵּיא הֲמוֹן ג׳) v 15 (id.); cf. Assyrian Gâgu, chief of a mountain tribe N. of Assyria DlPa 247 COT on Ez 38:2.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 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 «גּוֹג» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1463/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 5:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.5.4/)

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בְּנֵ֖י יוֹאֵ֑ל שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥ה בְנ֛וֹ גּ֥וֹג בְּנ֖וֹ שִׁמְעִ֥י בְנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Joel \[was\].Shemaiah son his \[was\].Gog son his \[was\].Shimei son his

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son;

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[Ezekiel 38:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.38.3/)

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וְאָ֣מַרְתָּ֔ כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֖ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה הִנְנִ֤י אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ גּ֔וֹג נְשִׂ֕יא רֹ֖אשׁ מֶ֥שֶׁךְ וְתֻבָֽל׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.say thus he.says Lord \[the\] Yahweh here I \[am\].against you O.Gog the.prince of.the.head of.Meshech and Tubal

*JPS 1917:* and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal;

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