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title: גַּף — body · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גַּף (1610), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: body. BDB 1906: n.m. body, self, height, elevation. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גַּף

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«גַּף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **body** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 1610 · **BDB:** גַּף²

### Glosses

\[the\].elevations (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

body [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1610/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. body, self, height, elevation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1610/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. body, self, height, elevation (cf. NH גּוּף)—sg. sf. גַּפּוֹ Ex 21:3(×2), 4; pl. cstr. גַּפֵּי Pr 9:3;— body, self, only in phr. יָבֹא בְּגַפּוֹ (יֵצֵא) he shall come in (go out) by himself (with his body) Ex 21:3(×2), 4; in law of slave (cf. Di) height, elevation עַל־גַּפֵּי מְרֹמֵי קָ֑רֶת Pr 9:3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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 «גַּף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1610/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 9:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.9.3/)

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שָֽׁלְחָ֣ה נַעֲרֹתֶ֣יהָ תִקְרָ֑א עַל־גַּ֝פֵּ֗י מְרֹ֣מֵי קָֽרֶת׃

*Word for word:* she.has.sent.out servants her.female she.calls.out on \[the\].elevations of.\[the\].heights of.\[the\].town

*JPS 1917:* She hath sent forth her maidens, she calleth, upon the highest places of the city:

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