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title: גֵּרָה — a weight · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גֵּרָה (1626), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: a weight. BDB 1906: n.f. gerah. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גֵּרָה

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«גֵּרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a weight** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 1626 · **BDB:** גֵּרָה³

### Glosses

gerah\[s\] (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a weight [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1626/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. gerah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1626/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. a weight, 20th part of shekel, gerah (Assyrian girû, ZehnpfundBAS i. 506)—גֵּרָה Ex 30:13 + 4 times—Only in definition of שֶׁקֶל, c. num. עֶשְׂרִים Ex 30:13; Lv 27:25; Nu 3:47; 18:16; Ez 45:12.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גֵּרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1626/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 27:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.27.25/)

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וְכָל־עֶרְכְּךָ֔ יִהְיֶ֖ה בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ עֶשְׂרִ֥ים גֵּרָ֖ה יִהְיֶ֥ה הַשָּֽׁקֶל׃ס

*Word for word:* and every valuation your it.will.be by the.shekel of the.holy.place twenty gerah\[s\] it.will.be the shekel

*JPS 1917:* And all thy valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary; twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.

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[Numbers 3:47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.3.47/)

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וְלָקַחְתָּ֗ חֲמֵ֧שֶׁת חֲמֵ֛שֶׁת שְׁקָלִ֖ים לַגֻּלְגֹּ֑לֶת בְּשֶׁ֤קֶל הַקֹּ֙דֶשׁ֙ תִּקָּ֔ח עֶשְׂרִ֥ים גֵּרָ֖ה הַשָּֽׁקֶל׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.take five five shekels for the head by the.shekel of the.holy.place you.will.take \[is\].twenty gerah\[s\] the shekel

*JPS 1917:* thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them — the shekel is twenty gerahs.

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