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title: גָּרָב — itch · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּרָב (1618), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: itch. BDB 1906: itch, scab. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּרָב

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«גָּרָב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **itch** — 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:** 1618 · **BDB:** גָּרָב

### Glosses

a.festering.rash (2); rash (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

itch [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1618/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

itch, scab [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1618/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] itch, scab (Arabic جَرَبٌ, Aramaic גַּרְבָּא, ܓܰܪܒܳܐ, Assyrian garabu Dl§ 162)—גָּרָב Lv 21:20; 22:22 Dt 28:27.

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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 (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 «גָּרָב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1618/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 21:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.21.20/)

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אֽוֹ־גִבֵּ֣ן אוֹ־דַ֔ק א֖וֹ תְּבַלֻּ֣ל בְּעֵינ֑וֹ א֤וֹ גָרָב֙ א֣וֹ יַלֶּ֔פֶת א֖וֹ מְר֥וֹחַ אָֽשֶׁךְ׃

*Word for word:* or a.\[man\].hunchbacked or a.\[man\].thin or a.defect in eye his or a.festering.rash or scab\[s\] or a.\[man\].crushed of.testicle

*JPS 1917:* or crook-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath his eye overspread, or is scabbed, or scurvy, or hath his stones crushed;

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[Deuteronomy 28:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.28.27/)

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יַכְּכָ֨ה יְהוָ֜ה בִּשְׁחִ֤ין מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ וּבַטְּחֹרִ֔ים וּבַגָּרָ֖ב וּבֶחָ֑רֶס אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־תוּכַ֖ל לְהֵרָפֵֽא׃

*Word for word:* he will.strike.you Yahweh with the.boil\[s\] of.Egypt and with (the) tumors and with.(the) festering rash and with (the) scabies which not you.will.be.able to be.healed

*JPS 1917:* The LORD will smite thee with the boil of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.

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