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title: גָּרוֹן — neck · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּרוֹן (1627), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: neck. BDB 1906: n.m. neck, throat. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּרוֹן

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«גָּרוֹן» 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 1627 · **BDB:** גָּרוֹן

### Glosses

throat (5); a.throat (1); neck (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

neck [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1627/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. neck, throat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1627/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. ψ 69:4 neck, throat (connexion with above √ dub.; Thes Rob-Ges. (cf. MV) from גרה in (assumed) sense of גרר of a dragging, scraping sound; cf. מְגֵרָה; yet √ perhaps גרן q.v.; Arabic جِرَانٌ (sub جَرَنَ Frey \& Lane) front part of neck of camel, etc.)—ג׳ Is 3:16; 58:1; sf. גְּרוֹנִי ψ 69:4; גְּרוֹנֵךְ Ez 16:11 + Je 2:25 Qr (Kt גורנך); גְּרוֹנָם ψ 115:7; 149:6, גְּרֹנָם ψ 5:10;—throat; of the visible exterior (front) of throat, neck נְטֻו֯וֹת ג׳ Is 3:16 outstretched of neck (= with outstretched neck); וְרָבִיד עַל־גְּרוֹנֵךְ Ez 41:19 and a chain upon thy neck. throat, as capable of thirst Je 2:25; as organ of speech קְרָא בְגָרוֹן Is 58:1 (‖ הָרֵם קוֹלֶ֑ךָ), לֹא יֶהְגּוּ בִּג׳ ψ 115:7; also רוֹמֲמוֹת אֵל בִּגְרוֹנָם ψ 149:6 high songs to God (be) in their throat; cf. נִחַר גְּרוֹנִי ψ 69:4 my throat is parched (‖ יָגַעְתִּי בְקָרְאִי); so also קֶבֶר־פָּתוּחַ גְּרֹנָם ψ 5:10 their throat is an opened sepulchre.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גָּרוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1627/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 149:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.149.6/)

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רוֹמְמ֣וֹת אֵ֭ל בִּגְרוֹנָ֑ם וְחֶ֖רֶב פִּֽיפִיּ֣וֹת בְּיָדָֽם׃

*Word for word:* the.exaltation(s) of.God \[be\].in throat their and a.sword of.edges \[be\].in hand their

*JPS 1917:* Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand;

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[Psalms 69:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.69.4/)

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יָגַ֣עְתִּי בְקָרְאִי֮ נִחַ֪ר גְּר֫וֹנִ֥י כָּל֥וּ עֵינַ֑י מְ֝יַחֵ֗ל לֵאלֹהָֽי׃

*Word for word:* I.have.become.weary by my.calling out it.has.become.parched throat my they.have.failed eyes my waiting for God my

*JPS 1917:* I am weary of my crying; my throat is dried; mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

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