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title: גָּזִית — cutting · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּזִית (1496), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: cutting. BDB 1906: n.f. cutting, hewing. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּזִית

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«גָּזִית» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cutting** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 1496 · **BDB:** גָּזִית

### Glosses

of.hewn.\[stone\] (7); hewn.\[stone\] (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cutting [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1496/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. cutting, hewing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1496/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. a cutting, hewing—גָּזִית Ex 20:25 + 10 times, always abs.;—hewing, אַבְנֵי ג׳ = hewn stones (building-stones) 1 K 5:31; 1 Ch 22:2; Ez 40:42 (for tables), cf. אֲבָנִים יְקָרוֹת כְּמִדּוֹת ג׳ 1 K 7:9,11 (but Klo del. as gloss, cf. 𝔊; also without אבני = hewn stones Ex 20:25 (altar) Am 5:11 (בָּֽתֵּי ג׳) Is 9:9 (opp. לְבֵנִים); טוּרֵי ג׳ 1 K 6:36, טוּרִים ג׳ 7:12; also La 3:9 גָּדַר דַּרְכִּי בְּג׳.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גָּזִית» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1496/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Lamentations 3:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.9/)

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גָּדַ֤ר דְּרָכַי֙ בְּגָזִ֔ית נְתִיבֹתַ֖י עִוָּֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* he.has.walled.up ways my with hewn.\[stone\] paths my he.has.made.crooked

*JPS 1917:* He hath enclosed my ways with hewn stone, He hath made my paths crooked.

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[Isaiah 9:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.9.9/)

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לְבֵנִ֥ים נָפָ֖לוּ וְגָזִ֣ית נִבְנֶ֑ה שִׁקְמִ֣ים גֻּדָּ֔עוּ וַאֲרָזִ֖ים נַחֲלִֽיף׃

*Word for word:* bricks they.have.fallen and hewn.\[stone\] we.will.rebuild sycamores they.have.been.cut.down and cedars we.will.substitute

*JPS 1917:* 'The bricks are fallen, but we will build with hewn stones; the sycamores are cut down, but cedars will we put in their place.'

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