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title: גּוּשׁ — clod · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גּוּשׁ (1487), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: clod. BDB 1906: clod, lump. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גּוּשׁ

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«גּוּשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **clod** — 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:** 1487 · **BDB:** גּוּשׁ

### Glosses

clod\[s\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

clod [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1487/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

clod, lump [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1487/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] clod, lump (NH id., Aramaic גּוּשָׁא; cf. Arabic جَسْءٌ etc., rough ground, also ice)—וְגיּשׁ עָפָר Jb 7:5, Qr וְגוּשׁ ע׳.

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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 (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גּוּשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1487/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 7:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.7.5/)

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לָ֘בַ֤שׁ בְּשָׂרִ֣י רִ֭מָּה וְג֣וּשׁ עָפָ֑ר עוֹרִ֥י רָ֝גַ֗ע וַיִּמָּאֵֽס׃

*Word for word:* it.is.clothed flesh my maggot\[s\] and clod\[s\] of.dust skin my it.has.become.hard and it.has.oozed

*JPS 1917:* My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin closeth up and breaketh out afresh.

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