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title: גָּעַר — rebuke · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּעַר (1605), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: rebuke. BDB 1906: vb. rebuke. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּעַר

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«גָּעַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **rebuke** — 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:** 14 times · **Key:** 1605 · **BDB:** גָּעַר

### Glosses

he.rebuked (2); may.he.rebuke (2); I.will.rebuke (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rebuke [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1605/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. rebuke [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1605/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. rebuke (Aramaic גְּעַר, ܓܥܰܪ id., Ethiopic ገዐረ cry out, Sab. יגער n.pr., Sab. Denkm. p. 29.30)— Is 17:13; גָּעַרְתָּ ψ 9:6 + 2 times, etc.; Impf. יִגְעַר Zc 3:2 + 3 times, תִּגְעֲרוּ Ru 2:16; Imv. גְּעַר ψ 68:31, Inf. מִגְּעָר־ Is 54:9; Pt. גּוֹעֵר Na 1:4, גֹּעֵר Mal 2:3;—c. בְּ except ψ 9:6; 68:31; 119:21 Mal 2:3 where acc.;— rebuke, father his son Gn 37:10 (E), reapers Ruth Ru 2:16, priest Jeremiah Je 29:27. of God rebuking nations ψ 9:6 Is 17:13, proud ψ 119:21, Satan Zc 3:2(×2), חית קנה ψ 68:31, בָּאֹכֵל (the devouring swarm of locusts, restraining them) Mal 3:11, the sea drying it up ψ 106:9 Na 1:4, Zion Is 54:9; הַזֶּרַע the seed (prevent the usual harvest) Mal 2:3 (𝔊 Aq 𝔙 הַזְּרֹעַ, the arm, viz., of priests, that they may not extend it to bless).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 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 «גָּעַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1605/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 119:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.21/)

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גָּ֭עַרְתָּ זֵדִ֣ים אֲרוּרִ֑ים הַ֝שֹּׁגִים מִמִּצְוֺתֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* you.rebuke arrogant.\[people\] cursed.\[people\] \[who\].go astray from commandments your

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, that do err from Thy commandments.

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[Psalms 9:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.9.6/)

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גָּעַ֣רְתָּ ג֭וֹיִם אִבַּ֣דְתָּ רָשָׁ֑ע שְׁמָ֥ם מָ֝חִ֗יתָ לְעוֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד׃

*Word for word:* you.have.rebuked nations you.have.destroyed \[the\].wicked name their you.have.wiped.out forever of.perpetuity and ever

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast rebuked the nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

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