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title: גְּעָרָה — rebuke · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גְּעָרָה (1606), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: rebuke. BDB 1906: n.f. rebuke. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גְּעָרָה

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«גְּעָרָה» 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:** 15 times · **Key:** 1606 · **BDB:** גְּעָרָה

### Glosses

rebuke (6); the.rebuke (3); \[the\].threat (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rebuke [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1606/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. rebuke [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1606/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. rebuke—Pr 13:1 + 2 times; גַּעֲרַת Ec 7:5 + 5 times; sf. גַּעֲרָֽתְךָ ψ 18:16 + (sfs. 6 times);— of man Pr 13:1, 8; 17:10 Ec 7:5 Is 30:17(×2). of God Jb 26:11 ψ 18:16 (= 2 S 22:16) 76:7; 80:17; 104:7 Is 50:2; 51:20; 66:15.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 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 «גְּעָרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1606/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 26:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.26.11/)

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עַמּוּדֵ֣י שָׁמַ֣יִם יְרוֹפָ֑פוּ וְ֝יִתְמְה֗וּ מִגַּעֲרָתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].pillars of.heaven they.shake and they.are.astonished from rebuke his

*JPS 1917:* The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at His rebuke.

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[Proverbs 17:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.17.10/)

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תֵּ֣חַת גְּעָרָ֣ה בְמֵבִ֑ין מֵהַכּ֖וֹת כְּסִ֣יל מֵאָֽה׃

*Word for word:* it.goes.down a.rebuke in \[one.who\].has.understanding more than.striking a.fool a.hundred.\[times\]

*JPS 1917:* A rebuke entereth deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool.

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