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title: גֶּלֶד — skin · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גֶּלֶד (1539), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: skin. BDB 1906: n.m. skin. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גֶּלֶד

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«גֶּלֶד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **skin** — 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:** 1539 · **BDB:** גֶּ֫לֶד

### Glosses

skin (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

skin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1539/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. skin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1539/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. skin (Arabic جِلْدٌ, Aramaic גִּלְדָּא, ܓܶܠܕܳܐ ) of man Jb 16:15 שַׂק תָּפַרְתִּי עֲלֵי גִלְדִּ֑י.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גֶּלֶד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1539/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 16:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.16.15/)

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שַׂ֣ק תָּ֭פַרְתִּי עֲלֵ֣י גִלְדִּ֑י וְעֹלַ֖לְתִּי בֶעָפָ֣ר קַרְנִֽי׃

*Word for word:* sackcloth I.have.sewed over skin my and I.have.inserted in the dust horn my

*JPS 1917:* I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and have laid my horn in the dust.

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