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title: גֵּרְשׁוֹן — Gershon · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גֵּרְשׁוֹן (1647), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: Gershon. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גֵּרְשׁוֹן

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«גֵּרְשׁוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Gershon** — 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 1647 · **BDB:** גֵּרְשׁוֹן

### Glosses

of.Gershon (10); Gershon (6); \[were\].Gershon (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Gershon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1647/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1647/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. son of Levi (= גרשׁם 1 Ch 6:1, 28; 15:7 גרשׁום 1 Ch 6:2, 5, 47, 56) Gn 46:11; Ex 6:16, 17 Nu 3:17, 18, 21, 25; 4:22, 38, 41; 7:7; 10:17; 26:57; Jos 21:6, 27; 1 Ch 5:27; 23:6 (particularly in expression sons of Gershon, i.e. family, descendants of Gershon Nu 3:25; 4:22, 38, 41; 7:7; 10:17 Jos 21:6, 27; cf. sons of Gershom 1 Ch 6:47, 56; 15:7).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גֵּרְשׁוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1647/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 5:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.5.27/)

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בְּנֵ֖י לֵוִ֑י גֵּרְשׁ֕וֹן קְהָ֖ת וּמְרָרִֽי׃

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Levi \[were\].Gershon Kohath and Merari

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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[Genesis 46:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.46.11/)

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וּבְנֵ֖י לֵוִ֑י גֵּרְשׁ֕וֹן קְהָ֖ת וּמְרָרִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Levi Gershon Kohath and Merari

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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