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title: גֶּרֶם — bone · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גֶּרֶם (1634), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: bone. BDB 1906: bone, strength, self. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גֶּרֶם

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«גֶּרֶם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bone** — 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:** 1634 · **BDB:** גֶּ֫רֶם

### Glosses

\[the\].bone\[s\] (1); a.bone (1); limbs (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bone [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1634/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

bone, strength, self [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1634/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] bone, strength, self (?) (Arabic جِرْمٌ body, Aramaic גְּרַם, ܓܪܶܡ bone, self)—abs. גָּ֑רֶם Gn 49:14 + 2 times; cstr. גֶּרֶם 2 K 9:13; sf. גְּרָמָיו Jb 40:18;— bone Pr 17:22 (coll.) 25:15; of behemoth (hippopot.) Jb 40:18 (‖ עצם q.v.) strength Gn 49:14 חֲמֹר גָּ֑רֶם strong ass (lit. bony, so VB). self (cf. עצם), 2 K 9:13 גֶּרֶם הַמַּעֲלוֹת so Ges Ew Ke, but text dub., v. conjectures in Klo.

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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 (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גֶּרֶם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1634/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 49:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.49.14/)

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יִשָּׂשכָ֖ר חֲמֹ֣ר גָּ֑רֶם רֹבֵ֖ץ בֵּ֥ין הַֽמִּשְׁפְּתָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* Issachar \[is\].a.donkey of.bone lying.down between the.two saddlebaskets

*JPS 1917:* Issachar is a large-boned ass, couching down between the sheep-folds.

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[Job 40:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.40.18/)

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עֲ֭צָמָיו אֲפִיקֵ֣י נְחוּשָׁ֑ה גְּ֝רָמָ֗יו כִּמְטִ֥יל בַּרְזֶֽל׃

*Word for word:* bones its \[are\].tubes of.bronze limbs its \[are\].like a.rod of.iron

*JPS 1917:* His bones are as pipes of brass; his gristles are like bars of iron.

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