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title: גָּזָה — cut · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּזָה (1491), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: cut. BDB 1906: vb. cut. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּזָה

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«גָּזָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cut** — 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:** 1491 · **BDB:** גָּזָה

### Glosses

\[were (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cut [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1491/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. cut [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1491/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. cut, (cut off, sever), √ of גָּזִית (cf. Talm. גְּזָא cut off); hence perhaps Pt. act. sf. גּוֹזִי ψ 71:6 thou art he that severed me from my mother’s womb (De Che; 𝔊 σκεπαστής, De proposes ἐκσπαστής, v. 𝔊 ψ 22:10; 𝔙 protector cf. 𝔊, Thes Ew Hup Pe benefactor, cf. Arabic جَزَا requite, Jerus. Syriac ܓܙܐ, Talm. גְּזָא id.;—text and meaning dub.; ‖ ψ 22:10 has גֹּחִי; v. Checrit. n. and OP 476; Du עֻוִּי.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גָּזָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1491/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 71:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.71.6/)

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עָלֶ֤יךָ ׀ נִסְמַ֬כְתִּי מִבֶּ֗טֶן מִמְּעֵ֣י אִ֭מִּי אַתָּ֣ה גוֹזִ֑י בְּךָ֖ תְהִלָּתִ֣י תָמִֽיד׃

*Word for word:* on you I.have.supported.myself from.\[the\] womb from the.inward.parts my.mother my you \[were the.one.who\].cut.me.off \[is\].in you praise my continually

*JPS 1917:* Upon Thee have I stayed myself from birth; Thou art He that took me out of my mother's womb; my praise is continually of Thee.

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