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title: גֶּרֶשׂ — a crushing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גֶּרֶשׂ (1643), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: a crushing. BDB 1906: crushing. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גֶּרֶשׂ

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«גֶּרֶשׂ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a crushing** — 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:** 1643 · **BDB:** גֶּ֫רֶשׂ

### Glosses

groats (1); of (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a crushing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1643/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

crushing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1643/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] a crushing, but only concrete of that which is crushed, groats, grits (cf. Arabic جَرِيشٌ, NH גְּרִיס, Aramaic (rare) גִּרְשָׂא, גְּרוּסְיָא, ܓܳܪܣܳܐ )—אָבִיב קָלוּי בָּאֵשׁ גֶּרֶשׂ כַּרְמֶל Lv 2:14 young ears parched with fire, groats (\&) fresh fruit (v. Sifra ad loc.); (וּמִשַּׁמְנָהּ) מִגִּרְשָׂהּ Lv 2:16.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גֶּרֶשׂ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1643/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 2:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.2.14/)

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וְאִם־תַּקְרִ֛יב מִנְחַ֥ת בִּכּוּרִ֖ים לַיהוָ֑ה אָבִ֞יב קָל֤וּי בָּאֵשׁ֙ גֶּ֣רֶשׂ כַּרְמֶ֔ל תַּקְרִ֕יב אֵ֖ת מִנְחַ֥ת בִּכּוּרֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* and if you.will.present a.grain.offering of.first-fruits to Yahweh young.barley.ear\[s\] roasted in the fire groats of.new.corn you.will.present (et) the.grain.offering your.first-fruits your

*JPS 1917:* And if thou bring a meal-offering of first-fruits unto the LORD, thou shalt bring for the meal-offering of thy first-fruits corn in the ear parched with fire, even groats of the fresh ear.

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[Leviticus 2:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.2.16/)

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וְהִקְטִ֨יר הַכֹּהֵ֜ן אֶת־אַזְכָּרָתָ֗הּ מִגִּרְשָׂהּ֙ וּמִשַּׁמְנָ֔הּ עַ֖ל כָּל־לְבֹנָתָ֑הּ אִשֶּׁ֖ה לַיהוָֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* and he.will.make.smoke the priest (et) offering its.memorial some of its.groats and some of its.oil with all frankincense its a.fire.offering to Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And the priest shall make the memorial-part of it smoke, even of the groats thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

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