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title: גְּוִיָּה — body · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גְּוִיָּה (1472), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: body. BDB 1906: n.f. body, corpse. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גְּוִיָּה

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«גְּוִיָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **body** — 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:** 13 times · **Key:** 1472 · **BDB:** גְּוִיָּה

### Glosses

bodies (3); body (2); corpse\[s\] (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

body [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1472/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. body, corpse [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1472/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. body, corpse—abs. ג׳ Na 3:3; cstr. גְּוִיַּת Ju 14:8 + 2 times; sf. גְּוִיָּתוֹ 1 S 31:10 Dn 10:6, גְּוִיָּתֵנוּ Gn 47:18, גְּוִיָּתָם Na 3:3; pl. abs. גְּוִיּוֹת ψ 110:6; sf. גְּוִיֹּתֵנוּ Ne 9:37, גְּוִיֹּתֵיהֶם Ez 1:23, גְּוִיֹּתֵיהֶ֑נָה v 11;— living human body Gn 47:18 (sg., of many persons) cf. pl. Ne 9:37; of man in Daniel’s vision Dn 10:6 (body apart from extremities); also of the living creatures in Ezek.’s vision Ez 1:11, 23. dead body, corpse, carcass: of man 1 S 31:10 (so orig. in ‖ 1 Ch 10:10 v. WeSm cf. Dr) v 12(×2) (sg. of several persons), ψ 110:6; coll. Na 3:3(×2); of lion Ju 14:8, 9.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גְּוִיָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1472/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 110:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.110.6/)

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יָדִ֣ין בַּ֭גּוֹיִם מָלֵ֣א גְוִיּ֑וֹת מָ֥חַץ רֹ֝֗אשׁ עַל־אֶ֥רֶץ רַבָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* he.judges among the nations it.is.full corpses he.smashes chief\[s\] over \[the\].earth great

*JPS 1917:* He will judge among the nations; He filleth it with dead bodies, He crusheth the head over a wide land.

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[1 Samuel 31:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.31.10/)

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וַיָּשִׂ֙מוּ֙ אֶת־כֵּלָ֔יו בֵּ֖ית עַשְׁתָּר֑וֹת וְאֶת־גְּוִיָּתוֹ֙ תָּקְע֔וּ בְּחוֹמַ֖ת בֵּ֥ית שָֽׁן בֵּ֥ית שָֽׁן׃

*Word for word:* and they.put (et) armor(s) his the.house of.Ashtaroth and (et) corpse his they.fixed on the.wall of Beth.Shan

*JPS 1917:* And they put his armour in the house of the Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.

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