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title: גּוֹזָל — young of birds · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גּוֹזָל (1469), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: young of birds. BDB 1906: n.m. young of birds. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גּוֹזָל

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«גּוֹזָל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **young of birds** — 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:** 1469 · **BDB:** גּוֹזָל

### Glosses

a.young.pigeon (1); ones (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

young of birds [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1469/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. young of birds [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1469/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m.Dt 32:11 young of birds (Syriac ܙܽܘܓܰܠ, cf. Arabic جَوْزَلٌ )—וְתֹר וְגוֹזָלֽ׃ Gn 15:9 pigeon; גּוֹזָלָיו Dt 32:11 eaglet (suff. ref. to נֶשֶׁר).

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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 (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גּוֹזָל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1469/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 32:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.32.11/)

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כְּנֶ֙שֶׁר֙ יָעִ֣יר קִנּ֔וֹ עַל־גּוֹזָלָ֖יו יְרַחֵ֑ף יִפְרֹ֤שׂ כְּנָפָיו֙ יִקָּחֵ֔הוּ יִשָּׂאֵ֖הוּ עַל־אֶבְרָתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* like an.eagle \[which\].it.stirs.up nest its over ones its.young it.hovers it.spreads.out wings its it takes.it it carries.it on pinion its

*JPS 1917:* As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, hovereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her pinions —

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[Genesis 15:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.15.9/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗יו קְחָ֥ה לִי֙ עֶגְלָ֣ה מְשֻׁלֶּ֔שֶׁת וְעֵ֥ז מְשֻׁלֶּ֖שֶׁת וְאַ֣יִל מְשֻׁלָּ֑שׁ וְתֹ֖ר וְגוֹזָֽל׃

*Word for word:* and he.said to him bring to me a.heifer three.years.old and a.goat three.years.old and a.ram three.years.old and a.turtle-dove and a.young.pigeon

*JPS 1917:* And He said unto him: 'Take Me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon.'

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