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title: גָּזַז — shear · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּזַז (1494), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: shear. BDB 1906: vb. shear. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּזַז

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«גָּזַז» in the Tanakh dictionary: **shear** — 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:** 15 times · **Key:** 1494 · **BDB:** גָּזַז

### Glosses

shearers (5); shave (2); shear (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

shear [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1494/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. shear [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1494/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. shear (NH id., Aramaic גְּזָז, ܓܰܙ; Arabic جَزَّ, Assyrian deriv.)— Impf. וַיָּ֫גָז Jb 1:20; 2 ms. תָּגֹז Dt 15:19; Imv. 2 fs. גָּזִּ֫י Je 7:29, גֹּ֫זִּי Mi 1:16; Inf. cstr. גְּזֹז Gn 31:19 (E) 1 S 25:2, גֹּז Gn 38:13 (J); Pt.; גֹּזֵז 1 S 25:4; pl. גֹּזֲזִים 1 S 25:7 + 2 times; cstr. גֹּזֲזֵי Gn 38:12; sf. גֹּזֲזָי֑ 1 S 25:11, גֹּזֲזֶיהָ Is 53:7;—shear sheep (obj. צֹאן) Gn 31:19; 38:13; Dt 15:19 1 S 25:2, 4; cf. Pt. shearer (c. צאן) Gn 38:12, also גֹּזֲזֶיהָ (i.e. רָחֵל) Is 53:7; abs. = sheep-shearer, 1 S 25:7, 11 2 S 13:23, 24; obj. man’s head (ראשׁוֹ) Jb 1:20; of a woman’s (fig. of Israel) Mi 1:16 (no obj.; ‖ קרחי), (fig. of Jerusalem) Je 7:29 (obj. נֵזֶר q.v.) נָגוֹ֫זּוּ be cut off (= destroyed) of Assyrians Na 1:12.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 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 «גָּזַז» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1494/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 25:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.25.4/)

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וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע דָּוִ֖ד בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר כִּֽי־גֹזֵ֥ז נָבָ֖ל אֶת־צֹאנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.heard David in the wilderness (dm).that \[was\].shearing Nabal (et) sheep his

*JPS 1917:* And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

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[Genesis 38:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.38.13/)

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וַיֻּגַּ֥ד לְתָמָ֖ר לֵאמֹ֑ר הִנֵּ֥ה חָמִ֛יךְ עֹלֶ֥ה תִמְנָ֖תָה לָגֹ֥ז צֹאנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and it.was.told to Tamar (cmp) there! father-in-law your \[is\].going.up to Timnah to shear sheep his

*JPS 1917:* And it was told Tamar, saying: 'Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnah to shear his sheep.'

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