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title: גִּזָּה — fleece · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גִּזָּה (1492), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: fleece. BDB 1906: n.f. fleece. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גִּזָּה

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«גִּזָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **fleece** — 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:** 1492 · **BDB:** גִּזָּה²

### Glosses

fleece (6); the.fleece (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fleece [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1492/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. fleece [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1492/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. fleece—(Arabicجِزَّةٌ, Aramaic ܓܶܙܬܳܐ ) גִּזָּה Ju 6:37 + 5 times; cstr. גִּזַּת Ju 6:37;—fleece, ג׳ צֶמֶר Ju 6:37; abs. Ju 6:37, 38(×2), 39(×2), 40.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 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 «גִּזָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1492/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 6:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.6.38/)

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וַיְהִי־כֵ֕ן וַיַּשְׁכֵּם֙ מִֽמָּחֳרָ֔ת וַיָּ֖זַר אֶת־הַגִּזָּ֑ה וַיִּ֤מֶץ טַל֙ מִן־הַגִּזָּ֔ה מְל֥וֹא הַסֵּ֖פֶל מָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* and it.was so and he.rose.early from.\[the\] next.day and he.squeezed.out (et) the fleece and he.drained dew from the fleece the.fullness of the.bowl water

*JPS 1917:* And it was so; for he rose up early on the morrow, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung dew out of the fleece, a bowlful of water.

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[Judges 6:40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.6.40/)

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וַיַּ֧עַשׂ אֱלֹהִ֛ים כֵּ֖ן בַּלַּ֣יְלָה הַה֑וּא וַיְהִי־חֹ֤רֶב אֶל־הַגִּזָּה֙ לְבַדָּ֔הּ וְעַל־כָּל־הָאָ֖רֶץ הָ֥יָה טָֽל׃פ

*Word for word:* and he.did God so in the night (the) that and it.was dryness to the fleece it alone and on all the ground it.was dew

*JPS 1917:* And God did so that night; for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.

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