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title: גֶּזֶר — part · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גֶּזֶר (1506), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: part. BDB 1906: part. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גֶּזֶר

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«גֶּזֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **part** — 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:** 1506 · **BDB:** גֶּ֫זֶר

### Glosses

pieces (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

part [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1506/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

part [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1506/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n. \[m.\] part, only pl. הַגְּזָרִים Gn 15:17 of halves of animals; גְּזָרִים ψ 136:13 of divided portions of Red Sea.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גֶּזֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1506/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 136:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.136.13/)

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לְגֹזֵ֣ר יַם־ס֭וּף לִגְזָרִ֑ים כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* to \[one.who\].cut \[the\].sea of.reed\[s\] into pieces (dm) \[is\] forever loyalty his.covenant

*JPS 1917:* To Him who divided the Red Sea in sunder, for His mercy endureth for ever;

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[Genesis 15:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.15.17/)

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וַיְהִ֤י הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ בָּ֔אָה וַעֲלָטָ֖ה הָיָ֑ה וְהִנֵּ֨ה תַנּ֤וּר עָשָׁן֙ וְלַפִּ֣יד אֵ֔שׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָבַ֔ר בֵּ֖ין הַגְּזָרִ֥ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃

*Word for word:* and it.was the sun it.had.gone and darkness it.was and there! a.fire.pot of.smoke and a.torch of.fire which it.passed between the pieces (the) these

*JPS 1917:* And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and there was thick darkness, behold a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces.

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