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title: גֵּרוּת — lodging · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גֵּרוּת (1628), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: lodging. BDB 1906: n.f. lodging(-place). With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גֵּרוּת

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«גֵּרוּת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lodging** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 1628 · **BDB:** גּרוּת

### Glosses

Geruth (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lodging [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1628/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. lodging(-place) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1628/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. lodging(-place)—וישׁבו בְּגֵרוּת כִּמְוהָם אשׁר אצל בית לחם Je 41:17, inn, khan? so Ew Gf; Hi al. גִּדְרוֹת flods, after JosAnt. X, ix, 5 Aq

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גֵּרוּת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1628/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 41:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.41.17/)

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וַיֵּלְכ֗וּ וַיֵּֽשְׁבוּ֙ בְּגֵר֣וּת כִּמְהָ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־אֵ֖צֶל בֵּ֣ית לָ֑חֶם בֵּ֣ית לָ֑חֶם לָלֶ֖כֶת לָב֥וֹא מִצְרָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* and they.went and they.remained at Geruth Kimham which \[is\].beside Bethlehem Bethlehem to go to go Egypt

*JPS 1917:* and they departed, and dwelt in Geruth Chimham, which is by Beth-lehem, to go to enter into Egypt,

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