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title: גָּמַר — end · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּמַר (1584), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: end. BDB 1906: vb. end, come to an end, complete. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּמַר

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«גָּמַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **end** — 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:** 1584 · **BDB:** גָּמַר

### Glosses

\[who\].avenges (1); has.it.come.to.an.end? (1); he.has.come.to.an.end (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

end [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1584/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. end, come to an end, complete [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1584/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. end, come to an end, complete (only ψ) (NH id. complete; As gamâru LotzTP. Register \& deriv. COTGloss al.; Aramaic גְּמַר, ܓܡܰܪ; Ethiopic አግመረ (II); cf. also Arabic جَمَّرَ collect, assemble)— Pf. גּ׳ ψ 12:2; 77:9; Impf. יִגְמֹר ψ 138:8; יִגְמָר־ ψ 7:10; Pt. גֹּמֵר ψ 57:3;— come to an end, be no more ψ 7:10; 12:2 (‖ \[פָּסַס\]); 77:9 (‖ אָפֵס). trans. bring to an end, complete, אֵל גֹּמֵר עָלָ֑י ψ 57:3 God that completeth, accomplisheth, for me (𝔊 Gr Bi גמל, \& so Che doubtfully), י׳ יִגְמֹר בַּעֲדִי 138:8.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 2 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 (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גָּמַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1584/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 57:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.57.3/)

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אֶ֭קְרָא לֵֽאלֹהִ֣ים עֶלְי֑וֹן לָ֝אֵ֗ל גֹּמֵ֥ר עָלָֽי׃

*Word for word:* I.call.out to God Most.High to God \[who\].avenges on me

*JPS 1917:* I will cry unto God Most high; unto God that accomplisheth it for me.

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[Psalms 12:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.12.2/)

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הוֹשִׁ֣יעָה יְ֭הוָה כִּי־גָמַ֣ר חָסִ֑יד כִּי־פַ֥סּוּ אֱ֝מוּנִ֗ים מִבְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃

*Word for word:* save O.Yahweh (dm) he.has.come.to.an.end \[the\].faithful (dm) they.have.vanished faithful.\[people\] from.\[the\] children of.humankind

*JPS 1917:* Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

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