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title: גַּעְתָּם — Gatam · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גַּעְתָּם (1609), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Gatam. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גַּעְתָּם

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«גַּעְתָּם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Gatam** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 1609 · **BDB:** גַּעְתָּם

### Glosses

Gatam (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Gatam [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1609/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1609/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. a chief of Edom, son of Eliphaz Gn 36:11, 16 1 Ch 1:36.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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 «גַּעְתָּם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1609/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 36:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.11/)

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וַיִּהְי֖וּ בְּנֵ֣י אֱלִיפָ֑ז תֵּימָ֣ן אוֹמָ֔ר צְפ֥וֹ וְגַעְתָּ֖ם וּקְנַֽז׃

*Word for word:* and they.were the.sons of.Eliphaz Teman Omar Zepho and Gatam and Kenaz

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.

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[1 Chronicles 1:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.36/)

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בְּנֵ֖י אֱלִיפָ֑ז תֵּימָ֤ן וְאוֹמָר֙ צְפִ֣י וְגַעְתָּ֔ם קְנַ֖ז וְתִמְנָ֥ע וַעֲמָלֵֽק׃ס

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Eliphaz \[were\].Teman and Omar Zephi and Gatam Kenaz and Timna and Amalek

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.

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