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title: גָּרַס — be crushed · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּרַס (1638), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: be crushed. BDB 1906: vb. be crushed. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּרַס

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«גָּרַס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be crushed** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 1638 · **BDB:** גָּרַס²

### Glosses

he.has.broken (1); it.is.crushed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be crushed [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1638/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be crushed [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1638/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be crushed (Aramaic ܓܪܶܣ \[be crushed,\] perish)— Pf. 3 fs. גָּֽרְסָה ψ 119:20 fig. ג׳ נַפְשִׁי לְ my soul is crushed (i.e. perisheth: cf. Syriac) with longing for (cf. כָּלָה לְ). Impf. וַיַּגְרֵס בֶּחָצָץ שִׁנָּ֑י La 3:16 and he hath crushed my teeth with gravel, fig. of divine chastisement.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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 «גָּרַס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1638/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 119:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.20/)

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גָּרְסָ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֣י לְתַאֲבָ֑ה אֶֽל־מִשְׁפָּטֶ֥יךָ בְכָל־עֵֽת׃

*Word for word:* it.is.crushed self my for longing to judgments your at every time

*JPS 1917:* My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto Thine ordinances at all times.

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[Lamentations 3:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.16/)

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וַיַּגְרֵ֤ס בֶּֽחָצָץ֙ שִׁנָּ֔י הִכְפִּישַׁ֖נִי בָּאֵֽפֶר׃

*Word for word:* and he.has.broken with (the) gravel teeth my he has.made.me.cower in (the) ash\[es\]

*JPS 1917:* He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, He hath made me to wallow in ashes.

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