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title: גַּמְלִיאֵל — Gamaliel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גַּמְלִיאֵל (1583), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Gamaliel. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גַּמְלִיאֵל

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«גַּמְלִיאֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Gamaliel** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 1583 · **BDB:** גַּמְלִיאֵל

### Glosses

Gamaliel (3); \[was\].Gamaliel (1); of.Gamaliel (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Gamaliel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1583/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1583/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (reward of God) a prince of Manasseh Nu 1:10; 2:20; 7:54, 59; 10:23, cf. Mishn. גמליאל, Palm. Vog.No. 124, 𝔊 Γαμαλιήλ Acts 5:34.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 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 «גַּמְלִיאֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1583/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 10:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.10.23/)

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וְעַ֨ל־צְבָ֔א מַטֵּ֖ה בְּנֵ֣י מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה גַּמְלִיאֵ֖ל בֶּן־פְּדָה־צֽוּרפְּדָה־צֽוּר׃

*Word for word:* and.\[was\] over the.military.group of.the.tribe of.the.descendants of.Manasseh Gamaliel the.son of Pedahzur

*JPS 1917:* And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

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[Numbers 1:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.1.10/)

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לִבְנֵ֣י יוֹסֵ֔ף לְאֶפְרַ֕יִם אֱלִישָׁמָ֖ע בֶּן־עַמִּיה֑וּד לִמְנַשֶּׁ֕ה גַּמְלִיאֵ֖ל בֶּן־פְּדָהצֽוּר׃

*Word for word:* for the.sons of.Joseph for Ephraim Elishama the.son of.Ammihud for Manasseh Gamaliel the.son of.Pedahzur

*JPS 1917:* Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud; of Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

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