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title: גַּחַר — Gahar · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גַּחַר (1515), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Gahar. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גַּחַר

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«גַּחַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Gahar** — 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:** 1515 · **BDB:** גַּ֫חַר

### Glosses

of.Gahar (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Gahar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1515/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1515/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. head of a family of returned exiles Ezr 2:47 בְּנֵי־ג׳ = Ne 7:49 בְּנֵי־גָחַ֑ר.

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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, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גַּחַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1515/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 2:47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.47/)

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בְּנֵי־גִדֵּ֥ל בְּנֵי־גַ֖חַר בְּנֵ֥י רְאָיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Giddel the.descendants of.Gahar the.descendants of.Reaiah

*JPS 1917:* the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah;

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[Nehemiah 7:49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.7.49/)

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בְּנֵי־חָנָ֥ן בְּנֵי־גִדֵּ֖ל בְּנֵי־גָֽחַר׃

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Hanan the.descendants of.Giddel the.descendants of.Gahar

*JPS 1917:* the children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar;

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