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title: גֵּזֶל — robbery · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גֵּזֶל (1499), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: robbery. BDB 1906: robbery but. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גֵּזֶל

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«גֵּזֶל» 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 1499 · **BDB:** גָּזֵל

### Glosses

robbery (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

robbery [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1499/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

robbery but [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1499/#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: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (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 «גֵּזֶל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1499/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 18:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.18.18/)

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אָבִ֞יו כִּֽי־עָ֣שַׁק עֹ֗שֶׁק גָּזַל֙ גֵּ֣זֶל אָ֔ח וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־ט֛וֹב עָשָׂ֖ה בְּת֣וֹךְ עַמָּ֑יו וְהִנֵּה־מֵ֖ת בַּעֲוֺנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* father his (dm) he.has.extorted extortion he.has.robbed robbery of.a.brother and.\[that\] which not \[was\].good he.has.done among people(s) his and there! he.will.die for iniquity his

*JPS 1917:* As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, committed robbery on his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he dieth for his iniquity.

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[Ecclesiastes 5:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.5.7/)

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אִם־עֹ֣שֶׁק רָ֠שׁ וְגֵ֨זֶל מִשְׁפָּ֤ט וָצֶ֙דֶק֙ תִּרְאֶ֣ה בַמְּדִינָ֔ה אַל־תִּתְמַ֖הּ עַל־הַחֵ֑פֶץ כִּ֣י גָבֹ֜הַּ מֵעַ֤ל גָּבֹ֙הַ֙שֹׁמֵ֔ר וּגְבֹהִ֖ים עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* if oppression of.\[one.who.is\].poor and robbery of.justice and righteousness you.will.see in the province do.not be.astonished on the matter (dm) a.high.\[one\] (from) over a.high.\[one\] \[is\].watching and high.\[ones\] over them

*JPS 1917:* If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent perverting of justice and righteousness in the state, marvel not at the matter; for one higher than the high watcheth, and there are higher than they.

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