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title: גִּזְרָה — cutting · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גִּזְרָה (1508), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: cutting. BDB 1906: n.f. separation. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גִּזְרָה

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«גִּזְרָה» 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 1508 · **BDB:** גִּזְרָה

### Glosses

the.separate.place (4); place (3); polishing (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cutting [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1508/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. separation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1508/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. cutting, separation—גִּזְרָה Ez 41:12 + 6 times; sf. גִּזְרָתָם La 4:7;— cutting, i.e. polishing (AV RV or carving, i.e. beauty of form, shape, cf. VB) סַפִּיר גִּזְרָתָם La 4:7; their polishing (or beauty of form) was as sapphire. separation, הַגִּזְרָה Ez 41:12, 13, 14, 15; 42:1, 10, 13, separate place AV RV cf. Da; i.e. yard, or space adjoining temple on three sides.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 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 (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גִּזְרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1508/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 41:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.41.14/)

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וְרֹחַב֩ פְּנֵ֨י הַבַּ֧יִת וְהַגִּזְרָ֛ה לַקָּדִ֖ים מֵאָ֥ה אַמָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and the.breadth of.the.front of the.house and the.separate place to the east \[was\].a.hundred cubit\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* also the breadth of the face of the house and of the separate place toward the east, a hundred cubits.

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[Lamentations 4:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.4.7/)

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זַכּ֤וּ נְזִירֶ֙יהָ֙ מִשֶּׁ֔לֶג צַח֖וּ מֵחָלָ֑ב אָ֤דְמוּ עֶ֙צֶם֙ מִפְּנִינִ֔ים סַפִּ֖יר גִּזְרָתָֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* they.were.bright of.high.rank its.ones more than.snow they.were.dazzling more than.milk they.were.red bone more than.corals \[was\].sapphire polishing their

*JPS 1917:* Her princes were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was as of sapphire;

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