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title: גּוּמָּץ — pit · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גּוּמָּץ (1475), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: pit. BDB 1906: n.m. pit. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גּוּמָּץ

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«גּוּמָּץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pit** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 1475 · **BDB:** גּוּמָּץ

### Glosses

a.pit (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pit [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1475/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. pit [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1475/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. pit (Aramaic loan-wd., cf. גּוּמְצָא, ܓܽܘܡܳܨܳܐ; NH גּוּמָּצָא cf. BaNB 66, Anm. 1), Ec 10:8 חֹפֵר ג׳ בּוֹ יִפּ֑וֹל he that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; so also Pr 26:27 𝔗 𝔖 where ℌ כֹּרֶה שַׁחַת.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 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 (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גּוּמָּץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1475/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ecclesiastes 10:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.10.8/)

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חֹפֵ֥ר גּוּמָּ֖ץ בּ֣וֹ יִפּ֑וֹל וּפֹרֵ֥ץ גָּדֵ֖ר יִשְּׁכֶ֥נּוּ נָחָֽשׁ׃

*Word for word:* \[one.who\].digs a.pit in it he.will.fall and \[one.who\].breaks.through a.wall it will.bite.him a.snake

*JPS 1917:* He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a fence, a serpent shall bite him.

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