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title: גּוּפָה — body · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גּוּפָה (1480), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: body. BDB 1906: n.f. body, corpse. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גּוּפָה

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«גּוּפָה» 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 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 1480 · **BDB:** גּוּפָה

### Glosses

the.corpse (1); the.corpses (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

body [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1480/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. body, corpse [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1480/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. body, corpse (late; NH גּוּף, Aramaic גּוּפָא; Arabic جِيفَةٌ )—cstr. sg. גּוּפַת 1 Ch 10:12; cstr. pl. גּוּפֹת 1 Ch 10:12, cf. Be (‖ 1 S 31:12 has גְּוִיָּה).

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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 (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גּוּפָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1480/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 10:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.10.12/)

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וַיָּקוּמוּ֮ כָּל־אִ֣ישׁ חַיִל֒ וַיִּשְׂא֞וּ אֶת־גּוּפַ֣ת שָׁא֗וּל וְאֵת֙ גּוּפֹ֣ת בָּנָ֔יו וַיְבִיא֖וּם יָבֵ֑ישָׁה וַיִּקְבְּר֨וּ אֶת־עַצְמוֹתֵיהֶ֜ם תַּ֤חַת הָאֵלָה֙ בְּיָבֵ֔שׁ וַיָּצ֖וּמוּ שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and they.arose every man of.strength and they.took (et) the.corpse of.Saul and (et) the.corpses his.sons his and they brought.them to Jabesh and they.buried (et) bones their under the terebinth in Jabesh and they.fasted seven days

*JPS 1917:* all the valiant men arose, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the terebinth in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

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