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title: גּוּד — invade · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גּוּד (1464), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: invade. BDB 1906: vb. invade, attack. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גּוּד

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«גּוּד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **invade** — 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:** 1464 · **BDB:** גּוּד

### Glosses

\[which\].it (1); he.will.attack (1); it (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

invade [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1464/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. invade, attack [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1464/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. invade, attack (cf. גדד, whence יָגֻד etc. actually derived by Ki Bö Köi 356 q.v.; SS, perhaps better, denom. from גדוד)— Impf. יָגֻד Gn 49:19, יְגוּדֶ֑נּוּ v 19, יְגֻדֶ֑נּוּ Hb 3:16; יגודו ψ 94:21 Kt (v. גדד);—attack Gn 49:19, allit. c. גָּד n.pr. \& גְּדוּד, גָּד גְּדוּד יְגוּדֶ֑נּוּ וְהוּא יָגֻד עָקֵֽב׃ Gad, a troop shall troop upon him, but he shall troop upon the heel (i.e. pursue them in their retreat) VB; Hb 3:16 לַעֲלוֹת לְעַם יְגֻדֶ֑נּוּ cf. VB \& Comm.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גּוּד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1464/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 49:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.49.19/)

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גָּ֖ד גְּד֣וּד יְגוּדֶ֑נּוּ וְה֖וּא יָגֻ֥ד עָקֵֽב׃ס

*Word for word:* Gad a.marauding.band it will.attack.him and he he.will.attack a.rearguard

*JPS 1917:* Gad, a troop shall troop upon him; but he shall troop upon their heel.

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[Habakkuk 3:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAB.3.16/)

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שָׁמַ֣עְתִּי ׀ וַתִּרְגַּ֣ז בִּטְנִ֗י לְקוֹל֙ צָלֲל֣וּ שְׂפָתַ֔י יָב֥וֹא רָקָ֛ב בַּעֲצָמַ֖י וְתַחְתַּ֣י אֶרְגָּ֑ז אֲשֶׁ֤ר אָנ֙וּחַ֙ לְי֣וֹם צָרָ֔ה לַעֲל֖וֹת לְעַ֥ם יְגוּדֶֽנּוּ׃

*Word for word:* I.heard and it.trembled belly my to.\[the\] sound they.quivered lips my it.came rottenness in bones my and under me I.trembled that I.will.be.quiet for.\[the\] day of.trouble to come.up to.\[the\] people \[which\].it attacks.us

*JPS 1917:* When I heard, mine inward parts trembled, my lips quivered at the voice; rottenness entereth into my bones, and I tremble where I stand; that I should wait for the day of trouble, when he cometh up against the people that he invadeth.

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