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title: גֵּרָא — Gera · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גֵּרָא (1617), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: Gera. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גֵּרָא

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«גֵּרָא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Gera** — 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:** 1617 · **BDB:** גֵּרָא

### Glosses

of.Gera (5); Gera (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Gera [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1617/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1617/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (Ph. גרא) son of Benjamin Gn 46:21 (lacking Nu 26:38–40); son of Belaʿ, \& grandson of Benj., according to 1 Ch 8:3, 5 cf. v 7; designation of a Benjamite family or clan; hence Ehud called בֶּן־גֵּרָא Ju 3:15, \& so Shimei, 2 S 16:5; 19:17, 19 1 K 2:8.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 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 «גֵּרָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1617/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 8:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.8.5/)

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וְגֵרָ֥א וּשְׁפוּפָ֖ן וְחוּרָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and Gera and Shephuphan and Huram

*JPS 1917:* and Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.

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[1 Chronicles 8:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.8.3/)

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וַיִּהְי֥וּ בָנִ֖ים לְבָ֑לַע אַדָּ֥ר וְגֵרָ֖א וַאֲבִיהֽוּד׃

*Word for word:* and they.belonged sons to Bela Addar and Gera and Abihud

*JPS 1917:* And Bela had sons, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud;

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