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title: גִּיד — sinew · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גִּיד (1517), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: sinew. BDB 1906: n.m. sinew. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גִּיד

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«גִּיד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sinew** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 1517 · **BDB:** גִּיד

### Glosses

tendons (3); a.tendon (1); tendon (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sinew [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1517/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. sinew [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1517/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Gn 32:33 sinew (NH id., Aramaic גִּידָא, ܓܝܳܕܳܐ; cf. Arabic جِيدٌ neck)—cstr. גִּיד Gn 32:33(×2) Is 48:4; pl. גִּידִים Jb 10:11 Ez 37:6, גִּדִים Ez 37:8; cstr. גִּידֵי Jb 40:17;—sinew, in general of human body, ‖ בשׂר, עור, עצמות, Jb 10:11 cf. Ez 37:6, 8; of thigh Gn 32:33 (of beast) v 33; iron sinew, fig. of obstinacy, Is 48:4 וג׳ בַּרְזֶל עָרְפֶּ֑ךָ וּמִצְחֲךָ נְחוּשָׁה; of hippopot., ג׳ פחדו, i.e. of his loins, Jb 40:17.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גִּיד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1517/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 40:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.40.17/)

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יַחְפֹּ֣ץ זְנָב֣וֹ כְמוֹ־אָ֑רֶז גִּידֵ֖י פַחֲדָ֣יו יְשֹׂרָֽגוּ׃

*Word for word:* it.stiffens tail its like a.cedar the.tendons its.thighs his they.are.intertwined

*JPS 1917:* He straineth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.

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[Job 10:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.10.11/)

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ע֣וֹר וּ֭בָשָׂר תַּלְבִּישֵׁ֑נִי וּֽבַעֲצָמ֥וֹת וְ֝גִידִ֗ים תְּסֹכְכֵֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* skin and flesh did you.clothe.me? and with bones and tendons did you.weave.me.together?

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.

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