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title: גַּרְזֶן — axe · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גַּרְזֶן (1631), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: axe. BDB 1906: n.m. axe. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גַּרְזֶן

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«גַּרְזֶן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **axe** — 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:** 1631 · **BDB:** גַּרְזֶן

### Glosses

axe (3); an.axe (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

axe [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1631/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. axe [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1631/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 10:15 axe (pick, pick-axe, 3 times in SI; on format. cf. Sta294 a Ges§ 85, xi. 54)—Dt 19:5; 20:19 Is 10:15 1 K 6:7 (Co conj. also Ez 31:11).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גַּרְזֶן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1631/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 6:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.6.7/)

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וְהַבַּ֙יִת֙ בְּהִבָּ֣נֹת֔וֹ אֶֽבֶן־שְׁלֵמָ֥ה מַסָּ֖ע נִבְנָ֑ה וּמַקָּב֤וֹת וְהַגַּרְזֶן֙ כָּל־כְּלִ֣י בַרְזֶ֔ל לֹֽא־נִשְׁמַ֥ע בַּבַּ֖יִת בְּהִבָּנֹתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and the house when it was.built stone perfect quarry it.was.built and hammers and (the) axe any article of.iron not it.was.heard in the house when it was.built

*JPS 1917:* For the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building. —

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[Isaiah 10:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.10.15/)

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הֲיִתְפָּאֵר֙ הַגַּרְזֶ֔ן עַ֖ל הַחֹצֵ֣ב בּ֑וֹ אִם־יִתְגַּדֵּ֤ל הַמַּשּׂוֹר֙ עַל־מְנִיפ֔וֹ כְּהָנִ֥יף שֵׁ֙בֶט֙ וְאֶת־מְרִימָ֔יו כְּהָרִ֥ים מַטֶּ֖ה לֹא־עֵֽץ׃

*Word for word:* does it.glorify.itself? the axe above the.\[one who\].cuts with it or? does.it.magnify.itself the saw above the.\[one who\].wields.it as wields a.rod (and) (et) \[those who\].lift.it as lifts a.staff not wood

*JPS 1917:* Should the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? Should the saw magnify itself against him that moveth it? as if a rod should move them that lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up him that is not wood.

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