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title: גָּעַשׁ — shake · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּעַשׁ (1607), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: shake. BDB 1906: vb. shake, quake. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּעַשׁ

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«גָּעַשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **shake** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 1607 · **BDB:** גָּעַשׁ

### Glosses

they.shook.back.and.forth (2); they.surge (2); it.shook (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

shake [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1607/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. shake, quake [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1607/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. shake, quake (NH id.)— Impf. וַתִּגְעַשׁ ψ 18:8a = 2 S 22:8a Kt (Qr Hithp.);—quake of earth at theoph, ψ 18:8 = 2 S 22:8 (read Kt; ‖ רעשׁ). Impf. be shaken up, convulsed יְגֹעֲשׁוּ־עָם Jb 34:20 a people are convulsed. shake back and forth, toss or reel to and fro וַיִּתְגָּעַשׁ Qr 2 S 22:8a (Qal); יִתְגָּֽעֲשׁוּ Je 46:7, וַיִּתְגָּֽעֲשׁוּ ψ 18:8b + 2 times;—of mountains ψ 18:8b = 2 S 22:8b; of waves of sea, Je 5:22; of waters of Nile Je 46:7 (cf. v 8). Pf. וְהִתְגֹּעֲשׁוּ consec. Je 25:16; Impf. יִתְגֹּעֲשׁוּ Je 46:8; id. of waters of Nile Je 46:8; of drunken men, reel to and fro, Je 25:16 (fig. of nations confounded by י׳).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גָּעַשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1607/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 46:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.46.7/)

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מִי־זֶ֖ה כַּיְאֹ֣ר יַֽעֲלֶ֑ה כַּנְּהָר֕וֹת יִֽתְגָּעֲשׁ֖וּ מֵימָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* who? this like the River does.he.rise like (the) rivers they.surge waters his

*JPS 1917:* Who is this like the Nile that riseth up, like the rivers whose waters toss themselves?

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[Job 34:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.34.20/)

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רֶ֤גַע ׀ יָמֻתוּ֮ וַחֲצ֪וֹת לָ֥יְלָה יְגֹעֲשׁ֣וּ עָ֣ם וְיַעֲבֹ֑רוּ וְיָסִ֥ירוּ אַ֝בִּ֗יר לֹ֣א בְיָֽד׃

*Word for word:* a.moment they.die and.\[the\] middle of.\[the\].night they.are.shaken a.people and they.pass.away and people.remove \[the\].mighty not by a.hand

*JPS 1917:* In a moment they die, even at midnight; the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away without hand.

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