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title: גּוּר — whelp · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גּוּר (1482), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: whelp. BDB 1906: n.m. whelp, young. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גּוּר

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«גּוּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **whelp** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 1482 · **BDB:** גּוּר⁴

### Glosses

cubs (4); \[is\].a.cub (2); cub (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

whelp [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1482/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. whelp, young [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1482/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ez 19:3, 5 whelp, young—cstr. גּוּר(אַרְיֵה) Gn 49:9 + 2 times; sf. גּוּרֶיהָ Ez 19:2, גֻּרֶיהָ Ez 19:3, 5, גּוּרֵיהֶן La 4:3;— lion’s whelps, fig. of Judah Gn 49:9; of Dan Dt 33:22; of Assyrian (prince?) Na 2:12; fig. of Israelites Ez 19:2, 3, 5 (‖ כְּפִיר). young of jackals (תַּנִּין) La 4:3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (16 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גּוּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1482/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 33:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.33.22/)

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וּלְדָ֣ן אָמַ֔ר דָּ֖ן גּ֣וּר אַרְיֵ֑ה יְזַנֵּ֖ק מִן־הַבָּשָֽׁן׃

*Word for word:* and of Dan he.said Dan \[is\].a.cub of.a.lion he.leaps.forth from (the) Bashan

*JPS 1917:* And of Dan he said: Dan is a lion's whelp, that leapeth forth from Bashan.

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[Ezekiel 19:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.19.2/)

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וְאָמַרְתָּ֗ מָ֤ה אִמְּךָ֙ לְבִיָּ֔א בֵּ֥ין אֲרָי֖וֹת רָבָ֑צָה בְּת֥וֹךְ כְּפִרִ֖ים רִבְּתָ֥ה גוּרֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.say what? mother \[was\].your a.lioness between lions she.lay.down among young.lions she.reared cubs her

*JPS 1917:* and say: How was thy mother a lioness; among lions she couched, in the midst of the young lions she reared her whelps!

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