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title: גַּרְגְּרֹת — neck · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גַּרְגְּרֹת (1621), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: neck. BDB 1906: n.f.pl. neck. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גַּרְגְּרֹת

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«גַּרְגְּרֹת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **neck** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 1621 · **BDB:** גַּרְגְּרוֹת

### Glosses

neck(s) (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

neck [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1621/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f.pl. neck [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1621/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f.pl. neck (on format. cf. Ba NB 204)—גַּרְגְּרֹתֶ֑יךָ Pr 1:9; 3:22, גַּרְגְּרוֹתֶיךָ Pr 3:3, גַּרְגְּרֹתֶ֑ךָ 6:21—always in fig., instruction of parents an ornament, a chain upon neck Pr 1:9, bind them upon thy neck 6:21; so of mercy \& truth 3:3, cf. v 22.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גַּרְגְּרֹת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1621/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 3:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.3.22/)

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וְיִֽהְי֣וּ חַיִּ֣ים לְנַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ וְ֝חֵ֗ן לְגַרְגְּרֹתֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.be life for self your and grace for neck(s) your

*JPS 1917:* So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

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[Proverbs 6:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.6.21/)

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קָשְׁרֵ֣ם עַל־לִבְּךָ֣ תָמִ֑יד עָ֝נְדֵ֗ם עַל־גַּרְגְּרֹתֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* bind them on heart your continually tie them on neck(s) your

*JPS 1917:* Bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck.

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