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title: גִּר — chalk · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גִּר (1615), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: chalk. BDB 1906: chalk, lime. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גִּר

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«גִּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **chalk** — 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:** 1615 · **BDB:** גִּר

### Glosses

of.chalk (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

chalk [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1615/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

chalk, lime [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1615/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] chalk, lime (perhaps Aramaic loanword cf. Frä9; Aramaic (also Biblical Aramaic) גִּיר, ܓܺܪܳܐ; Arabic جِيرٌ is loan-wd.Fräl.c.)—מִזְבֵּחַ כְּאַבְנֵי גִר Is 27:9.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (16 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גִּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1615/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 27:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.27.9/)

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לָכֵ֗ן בְּזֹאת֙ יְכֻפַּ֣ר עֲוֺֽן־יַעֲקֹ֔ב וְזֶ֕ה כָּל־פְּרִ֖י הָסִ֣ר חַטָּאת֑וֹ בְּשׂוּמ֣וֹ ׀ כָּל־אַבְנֵ֣י מִזְבֵּ֗חַ כְּאַבְנֵי־גִר֙ מְנֻפָּצ֔וֹת לֹֽא־יָקֻ֥מוּ אֲשֵׁרִ֖ים וְחַמָּנִֽים׃

*Word for word:* therefore by this it.will.be.atoned.for the.iniquity of.Jacob and this \[is\].all the.fruit of.the.removing its.sin his when makes he all \[the\].stones of.\[the\].altar like stones of.chalk pulverized not they.will.stand Asherah.poles and incense.altars

*JPS 1917:* Therefore by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be expiated, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in pieces, so that the Asherim and the sun-images shall rise no more.

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