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title: גָּזֵל — robbery · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּזֵל (1498), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: robbery. BDB 1906: robbery but. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּזֵל

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«גָּזֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **robbery** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 1498 · **BDB:** גָּזֵל

### Glosses

robbery (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

robbery [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1498/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

robbery but [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1498/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] robbery—abs. גָּזֵל Lv 5:21 + 3 times + Ez 18:18 cf. infr.; cstr. גֵּ֫זֶל Ec 5:7 Ez 18:18 (but cf. infr.);—robbery Lv 5:21 (P) ψ 62:11 (‖ עֹשֶׁק) Is 61:8; = thing plundered, taken as plunder, as acc. cogn. Ez 22:29 (גָּזַל גָּזֵל); fig. גֵּזֶל משפט = wresting of justice (cf. Is 10:2) Ec 5:7—Ez 18:18 has גֵּזֶל אָח, but 𝔊 Co del. אח; read then גָּזֵל.—Cf. LagBN 172.

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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 (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גָּזֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1498/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 62:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.62.11/)

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אַל־תִּבְטְח֣וּ בְעֹשֶׁק֮ וּבְגָזֵ֪ל אַל־תֶּ֫הְבָּ֥לוּ חַ֤יִל ׀ כִּֽי־יָנ֑וּב אַל־תָּשִׁ֥יתוּ לֵֽב׃

*Word for word:* do.not trust in extortion and in robbery do.not put.vain.hope wealth (dm) it.will.bear.fruit do.not set heart

*JPS 1917:* Trust not in oppression, and put not vain hope in robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart thereon.

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[Isaiah 61:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.61.8/)

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כִּ֣י אֲנִ֤י יְהוָה֙ אֹהֵ֣ב מִשְׁפָּ֔ט שֹׂנֵ֥א גָזֵ֖ל בְּעוֹלָ֑ה וְנָתַתִּ֤י פְעֻלָּתָם֙ בֶּאֱמֶ֔ת וּבְרִ֥ית עוֹלָ֖ם אֶכְר֥וֹת לָהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* (dm) I Yahweh \[am\].loving justice \[I.am\].hating robbery with injustice and I.will.give wage\[s\] their in faithfulness and a.covenant of.perpetuity I.will.make to them

*JPS 1917:* For I the LORD love justice, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

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