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title: גַּת — wine-press · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גַּת (1660), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: wine-press. BDB 1906: n.f. wine-press. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גַּת

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«גַּת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wine-press** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 1660 · **BDB:** גַּת³

### Glosses

a.winepress (2); \[the\].winepress (1); winepress (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wine-press [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1660/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. wine-press [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1660/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. wine-press (contracted from גַּנְתְּ = יְגַנְתְּ)—abs. גַּת Ju 6:11 + 3 times; גִּתּוֹת Ne 13:15;—wine-press, lit. חֹבֵט חִטִּים בַּגַּת Ju 6:11 beating out wheat in the wine-press, to hide it from Midian; the juice of the grapes was pressed out by treading, דֹּרֵךְ בְּג֑ת Is 63:2 (in sim.), but also as acc. דֹּרְכִים גִּתּוֹת Ne 13:15; in fig. of judgment, גַּת דָּרַךְ אֲדֹנָי לִבְתוּלַת וגו׳ La 1:15 a wine-press hath Adonay trodden for the virgin daughter of Judah; also רְדוּ כִּי מָֽלְאָה גַּת Jo 4:13 (רדה only here with גַּת).—On the form and use of wine-press, and Heb. synonyms, v. Smith DB (art. wine-press) BenzArch.. 212 f. RobBR iii, 137 Schick ZPV x, 1887, 146, 150, and Pl. v. vii. Anderlind ZPV xi, 1888, 166 f.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גַּת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1660/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 63:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.63.2/)

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מַדּ֥וּעַ אָדֹ֖ם לִלְבוּשֶׁ֑ךָ וּבְגָדֶ֖יךָ כְּדֹרֵ֥ךְ בְּגַֽת׃

*Word for word:* why? \[does\].redness \[belong\].to clothing your and.\[are\] garments? your like \[one.who\].treads in a.winepress

*JPS 1917:* 'Wherefore is Thine apparel red, and Thy garments like his that treadeth in the winevat?' —

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[Joel 4:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.4.13/)

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שִׁלְח֣וּ מַגָּ֔ל כִּ֥י בָשַׁ֖ל קָצִ֑יר בֹּ֤אֽוּ רְדוּ֙ כִּֽי־מָ֣לְאָה גַּ֔ת הֵשִׁ֙יקוּ֙ הַיְקָבִ֔ים כִּ֥י רַבָּ֖ה רָעָתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* send.out \[the\].sickle (dm) it.has.grown.ripe \[the\].harvest come tread (dm) it.is.full \[the\].winepress they.are.overflowing the wine-vats (dm) \[is\].great evil their

*JPS 1917:* Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe; come, tread ye, for the winepress is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is great.

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