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title: גֶּזֶר — Gazer · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גֶּזֶר (1507), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: Gazer. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. 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: **Gazer** — 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:** 1507 · **BDB:** גֶּ֫זֶר²

### Glosses

Gezer (12); of.Gezer (2); (to) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Gazer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1507/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1507/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (portion) Levitical city on border of Ephraim Jos 10:33; 12:12; 21:21; 1 K 9:16; 1 Ch 6:52; 7:28; 20:4; גָּ֑זֶר Jos 16:3, 10; Ju 1:29(×2) cf. 2 S 5:25; 1 K 9:15, 17; c. ה—ָ loc. גָּ֑זְרָה 1 Ch 14:16;—cuneiform Gazri, BezTell el-Amarna Tabl. BM. 148; mod. Tell-Jezer, c. 18 m. N. of W. from Jerus., S. of the Jaffa road; Gann in PEF 1873, 78 f.; 1875, 74 f. cf. BdPal. 17.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 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/1490/1507/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 12:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.12.12/)

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מֶ֤לֶךְ עֶגְלוֹן֙ אֶחָ֔ד מֶ֥לֶךְ גֶּ֖זֶר אֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* the.king of.Eglon one the.king of.Gezer one

*JPS 1917:* the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;

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[1 Kings 9:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.9.17/)

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וַיִּ֤בֶן שְׁלֹמֹה֙ אֶת־גָּ֔זֶר וְאֶת־בֵּ֥ית חֹרֹ֖ן בֵּ֥ית חֹרֹ֖ן תַּחְתּֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and he.rebuilt Solomon (et) Gezer and (et) Beth Horon lower

*JPS 1917:* And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,

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