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title: גַּלָּב — barber · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גַּלָּב (1532), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: barber. BDB 1906: barber. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גַּלָּב

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«גַּלָּב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **barber** — 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:** 1532 · **BDB:** גַּלָּב

### Glosses

barbers (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

barber [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1532/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

barber [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1532/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] barber (Ph. גלב CISi, 257 ff.)—Ez 5:1 תַּעַר הַגַּלָּבִים.

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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 (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גַּלָּב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1532/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 5:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.5.1/)

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וְאַתָּ֨ה בֶן־אָדָ֜ם קַח־לְךָ֣ ׀ חֶ֣רֶב חַדָּ֗ה תַּ֤עַר הַגַּלָּבִים֙ תִּקָּחֶ֣נָּה לָּ֔ךְ וְהַעֲבַרְתָּ֥ עַל־רֹאשְׁךָ֖ וְעַל־זְקָנֶ֑ךָ וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ לְךָ֛ מֹאזְנֵ֥י מִשְׁקָ֖ל וְחִלַּקְתָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* and you O.son of.humankind take (for yourself a.sword sharp (the).razor of.(the) barbers you will.take.it (for yourself and you.will.make.\[it\].pass over head your and over beard your and you.will.take (for yourself balances of.weight and you will.divide.them

*JPS 1917:* And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp sword, as a barber's razor shalt thou take it unto thee, and cause it to pass upon thy head and upon thy beard; then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.

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