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title: גְּרָר — Gerar · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גְּרָר (1642), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: Gerar. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גְּרָר

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«גְּרָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Gerar** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 1642 · **BDB:** גְּרָר

### Glosses

Gerar (5); of.Gerar (3); to (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Gerar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1642/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1642/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. south of Gaza, usually identif. with mod. Umm Jerâr BdPal. 159 GuérinJudée ii. 257 ff.; but Wady Jerūr W. of ʿAin Ḳadīs according to Trumbull Kadesh Barnea 61 ff. cf. Guthe ZPV viii. 1885, 215; Gn 20:2; 26:6, 20, 26; 2 Ch 14:12, 13; גְּרָ֫רָה Gn 10:19; 26:1; נַ֫חַל גְּרָר Gn 26:17; וַיָּגָר בִּגְרָר Gn 20:1.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גְּרָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1642/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 26:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.26.6/)

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וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב יִצְחָ֖ק בִּגְרָֽר׃

*Word for word:* and he.dwelt Isaac in Gerar

*JPS 1917:* And Isaac dwelt in Gerar.

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[Genesis 26:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.26.17/)

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וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ מִשָּׁ֖ם יִצְחָ֑ק וַיִּ֥חַן בְּנַֽחַל־גְּרָ֖ר וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב שָֽׁם׃

*Word for word:* and he.went from there Isaac and he.encamped in the.wadi of.Gerar and he.dwelt there

*JPS 1917:* And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

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