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title: גְּשׁוּר — Geshur · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גְּשׁוּר (1650), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: Geshur. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גְּשׁוּר

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«גְּשׁוּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Geshur** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 1650 · **BDB:** גְּשׁוּר

### Glosses

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

### Meaning (OSHB)

Geshur [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1650/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1650/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (bridge? or land of bridges? cf. Wetzst Haurgran, 82). of people, = הַגְּשׁוּרִי Jos 13:13 cf. 1 Ch 2:23. of land מֶלֶךְ גְּשׁוּר 2 S 3:3; 13:37 cf. v 38 (but text in disorder cf. 𝔊 We Dr) 14:32; 15:8 בִּגְּ׳ בַּאֲרָם 1 Ch 3:2, גְּשׁוּרָה 2 S 14:23; a territory E. of the upper Jordan, exact limits unknown; according to Guthe ZPV xii. 1889, 232 f. between Gilead and Hermon, in Jaulân; according to Furrer ib. xiii. 1890, 198 = the Ledjah, district E. of Jaulân, with town Jisre; against him Guthe ib. 285 f.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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 «גְּשׁוּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1650/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 13:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.13.38/)

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וְאַבְשָׁל֥וֹם בָּרַ֖ח וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ גְּשׁ֑וּר וַיְהִי־שָׁ֖ם שָׁלֹ֥שׁ שָׁנִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and Absalom he.fled and he.went Geshur and he.was there three years

*JPS 1917:* So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

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[2 Samuel 14:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.14.23/)

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וַיָּ֥קָם יוֹאָ֖ב וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ גְּשׁ֑וּרָה וַיָּבֵ֥א אֶת־אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃פ

*Word for word:* and he.arose Joab and he.went to Geshur and he.brought (et) Absalom Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

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