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title: גְּזֵרָה — separation · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גְּזֵרָה (1509), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: separation. BDB 1906: n.f. separation. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גְּזֵרָה

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«גְּזֵרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **separation** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 1509 · **BDB:** גְּזֵרָה

### Glosses

infertile (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

separation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1509/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. separation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1509/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. separation—אֶל־אֶרֶץ גְּזֵרָ֑ה Lv 16:22 (P) unto a land of separation, of the goat for Azazel; solitary land RV; ‘cut off,’ i.e. whence it would not readily find its way back VB.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 «גְּזֵרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1509/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 16:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.16.22/)

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וְנָשָׂ֨א הַשָּׂעִ֥יר עָלָ֛יו אֶת־כָּל־עֲוֺנֹתָ֖ם אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ גְּזֵרָ֑ה וְשִׁלַּ֥ח אֶת־הַשָּׂעִ֖יר בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.bear the.male goat on itself (et) all iniquities their into a.land infertile and he.will.let.go (et) the.male goat in the wilderness

*JPS 1917:* And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land which is cut off; and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.

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