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title: גָּחוֹן — belly · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּחוֹן (1512), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: belly. BDB 1906: n.m. belly. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּחוֹן

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«גָּחוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **belly** — 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:** 1512 · **BDB:** גָּחוֹן

### Glosses

belly (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

belly [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1512/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. belly [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1512/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. belly, of reptiles (cf. perhaps Assyrian giḫinnu, cord (from twisting?) ZimBP 104)—גְּחֹנְךָ Gn 3:14 (J) of the serpent, cf. גָּחוֹן Lv 11:42 (P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גָּחוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1512/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 11:42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.11.42/)

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כֹּל֩ הוֹלֵ֨ךְ עַל־גָּח֜וֹןוְכֹ֣ל ׀ הוֹלֵ֣ךְ עַל־אַרְבַּ֗ע עַ֚ד כָּל־מַרְבֵּ֣ה רַגְלַ֔יִם לְכָל־הַשֶּׁ֖רֶץ הַשֹּׁרֵ֣ץ עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ לֹ֥א תֹאכְל֖וּם כִּי־שֶׁ֥קֶץ הֵֽם׃

*Word for word:* any \[one.which\].walks on belly and any \[one.which\].walks on four.\[feet\] to any \[one.which\].multiplies (of).feet to every (the).swarming thing \[which\] swarms on the earth not you must.eat.them (dm) \[are\].detestable.thing\[s\] they

*JPS 1917:* Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all fours, or whatsoever hath many feet, even all swarming things that swarm upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are a detestable thing.

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[Genesis 3:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.3.14/)

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וַיֹּאמֶר֩ יְהֹוָ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֥ים ׀ אֶֽל־הַנָּחָשׁ֮ כִּ֣י עָשִׂ֣יתָ זֹּאת֒ אָר֤וּר אַתָּה֙ מִכָּל־הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה וּמִכֹּ֖ל חַיַּ֣ת הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה עַל־גְּחֹנְךָ֣ תֵלֵ֔ךְ וְעָפָ֥ר תֹּאכַ֖ל כָּל־יְמֵ֥י חַיֶּֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Yahweh God to the snake (dm) you.have.done this \[are\].cursed you more than.all (the) livestock and more than.every (the).animal of the.field on belly your you.will.go and dust you.will.eat all the.days your.life your

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD God said unto the serpent: 'Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou from among all cattle, and from among all beasts of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.

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