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title: גֹּרֶן — threshing-floor · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גֹּרֶן (1637), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 32 times: threshing-floor. BDB 1906: n.m. threshing-floor threshing-floor. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גֹּרֶן

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«גֹּרֶן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **threshing-floor** — 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:** 32 times · **Key:** 1637 · **BDB:** גֹּ֫רֶן

### Glosses

the.threshing.floor (10); floor (9); your.threshing (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

threshing-floor [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1637/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. threshing-floor threshing-floor [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1637/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. threshing-floor (cf. further vulg. Ar. جُرْنٌ stone basin, trough, mortar, etc. Dozy Lane, v. Moḥiṭ243 b, 7)—גֹּרֶן Gn 50:10 + 27 times (cstr. e.g. Gn 50:10, 11 2 S 6:6); גֹּֽרְנָֽה ׃ Mi 4:12; sf. גָּרְנִי Is 21:10; גָּרְנְךָ Dt 15:14; 16:13; pl. הַגְּרָנוֹת 1 S 23:1, הַגֳּרָנוֹת Jo 2:24; cstr. גָּרְנוֹת Ho 9:1—threshing-floor, (on form. v. RobBR i. 550 cf. Fl NHWBi. 437) Gn 50:10, 11 (ג׳ האטד) Nu 18:27 (דָּגָן מן־הג׳) Dt 15:14; 16:13 Ju 6:37 Ru 3:2 (הוּא זֹרֶה ג׳ הַשְּׂעֹרִים) v 3, 6, 14 2 S 6:6; 24:16, 18, 21, 24 1 Ch 13:9; 21:15, 18, 21, 22, 28 2 Ch 3:1 Ho 9:1 (ג׳ דָּגָן) v 2 Mi 4:12 Jb 39:12 cf. Di; תְּרוּמַת ג׳ Nu 15:20; תְּבוּאַת ג׳ Nu 18:30; of these, three may be n.pr.loc.:—גֹּרֶן הָאָטָד Gn 50:10, 11; גֹּרֶן נָכוֹן 2 S 6:6 (cf. We Dr) = גֹּרֶן כִּידֹן 1 Ch 13:9; place of storing corn, etc. 1 S 23:1 2 K 6:27 Jo 2:24; open place at city-gate גֹּרֶן פֶּתַח שַׁעַר שֹׁמְרוֹן 1 K 22:10 = 2 Ch 18:9, where kings of Isr. \& Jud. sat (but this peculiar \& text dub.; 𝔊 (in K) ἔνοπλοι; We om.; 𝔖 Th Be בְּרֻדִּים, agreeing with בְּגָדִים preceding; yet this elsewhere in Heb. only of animals); in simile of daughter of Babylon, Je 51:33 (trodden smooth) cf. fig. of Israel בֶּן־גָּרְנִי (‖ מְדֻשָׁתִי) Is 21:10; מֹץ … מִגּ׳ Ho 13:8.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 31 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גֹּרֶן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1637/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Hosea 9:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.9.2/)

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גֹּ֥רֶן וָיֶ֖קֶב לֹ֣א יִרְעֵ֑ם וְתִיר֖וֹשׁ יְכַ֥חֶשׁ בָּֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* threshing.floor and winepress not it will.feed.them and new.wine it.will.fail (in) it

*JPS 1917:* The threshing-floor and the wine-press shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail her.

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[Job 39:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.39.12/)

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הֲתַאֲמִ֣ין בּ֭וֹכִּי־יָשִׁ֣יב זַרְעֶ֑ךָ וְֽגָרְנְךָ֥ יֶאֱסֹֽף׃

*Word for word:* will you.trust? in it (dm).that it.will.bring.back seed your and your.threshing floor it.will.gather

*JPS 1917:* Wilt thou rely on him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather the corn of thy threshing-floor?

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