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title: גֹּמֶד — cubit · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גֹּמֶד (1574), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: cubit. BDB 1906: n.m. shortcubit. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גֹּמֶד

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«גֹּמֶד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cubit** — 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:** 1574 · **BDB:** גֹּ֫מֶד

### Glosses

\[was\].a.cubit (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cubit [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1574/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. shortcubit [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1574/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. shortcubit (from elbow to knuckles of clenched (contracted) hand; Aq on Ez 27:11, Ra al.; Gk. πυγμή; NH גּוֹמֶד cubit; so Aramaic גַּרְמִידָא ChWB 1. 155, ܓܰܪܡܺܝܕܳܐ (lexx.))—Ju 3:16 of Ehud’s sword ג׳ אָרְכָּהּ (v GFM).

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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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גֹּמֶד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1574/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 3:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.3.16/)

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וַיַּעַשׂ֩ ל֨וֹ אֵה֜וּד חֶ֗רֶב וְלָ֛הּ שְׁנֵ֥י פֵי֖וֹת גֹּ֣מֶד אָרְכָּ֑הּ וַיַּחְגֹּ֤ר אוֹתָהּ֙ מִתַּ֣חַת לְמַדָּ֔יו עַ֖ל יֶ֥רֶךְ יְמִינֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.made for himself Ehud a.sword and.\[belonged\] to it two mouths \[was\].a.cubit length its and he.girded it from under to garments his on the.thigh his.right.side his

*JPS 1917:* And Ehud made him a sword which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he girded it under his raiment upon his right thigh.

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