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title: גּוּף — shut · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גּוּף (1479), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: shut. BDB 1906: vb. shut, close. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גּוּף

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«גּוּף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **shut** — 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:** 1479 · **BDB:** גּוּף

### Glosses

let.them.shut (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

shut [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1479/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. shut, close [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1479/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. shut, close (NH id., v. NHWB i. 314, 352)— Impf. juss. יָגִ֫יפוּ Ne 7:3 close (doors, דלתות).

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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 (3 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 «גּוּף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1479/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 7:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.7.3/)

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וָאֹמַ֣ר לָהֶ֗ם לֹ֣א יִפָּֽתְח֞וּ שַׁעֲרֵ֤י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ עַד־חֹ֣ם הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ וְעַ֨ד הֵ֥ם עֹמְדִ֛ים יָגִ֥יפוּ הַדְּלָת֖וֹת וֶאֱחֹ֑זוּ וְהַעֲמֵ֗יד מִשְׁמְרוֹת֙ יֹשְׁבֵ֣י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם אִ֚ישׁ בְּמִשְׁמָר֔וֹ וְאִ֖ישׁ נֶ֥גֶד בֵּיתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and I.said to them not they.will.be.opened the.gates of.Jerusalem until the.heat of the.sun and until they \[are\].standing.guard let.them.shut the doors and bolt.\[them\] and appoint the.guards of.the.inhabitants of.Jerusalem someone at his.guard post and someone before house his

*JPS 1917:* And I said unto them: 'Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand on guard, let them shut the doors, and bar ye them; and let watches be appointed of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.'

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