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title: גַּת — Gath · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גַּת (1661), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 33 times: Gath. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. 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: **Gath** — 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:** 33 times · **Key:** 1661 · **BDB:** גַּת⁴

### Glosses

Gath (25); of.Gath (7); to (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Gath [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1661/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1661/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (wine-press)—Philistine city 𝔊 Γεθ, 𝔙 Geth, JosAnt. vi. 12, 2 etc., Γιττα (ed. Niese), exact site unknown (v. GASmGeog. 194 ff.), named with Gaza and Ashdod Jos 11:22 as home of remaining ʿAnaḳim; named with Ashdod, Gaza, Ashḳelon and ʿEḳron 1 S 6:17; with Ashḳelon 1 S 1:20; with Ashḳelon, Yabne and Ashdod 2 Ch 26:6; מֵעֶקְרוֹן וְעַד־גַּת 1 S 7:14, cf. 17:52b and also v 52a (read גַּת for גַּיְא 𝔊 We Dr); called גַּת פְּלִשְׁתִּים Am 6:2; built up by Rehoboam, according to 2 Ch 11:8; taken by Hazael 2 K 12:18; also 1 S 5:8; 17:4, 23 (of Goliath), cf. 2 S 21:20, 22 = 1 Ch 20:6, 8; 1 S 21:11, 13; 27:2, 3, 4, 11 2 S 15:18 1 K 2:39(×2), 40, 41 ψ 56:1 Mi 1:10, 14 1 Ch 7:21; 8:13, also 18:1 (but ‖ מֶתֶג אַמָּה 2 S 8:1; on change of this into reading in Ch v. We); c. ה loc., גַּ֫תָּה 1 K 2:40.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 30 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 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/1490/1661/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Chronicles 11:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.11.8/)

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וְאֶת־גַּ֥ת וְאֶת־מָרֵשָׁ֖ה וְאֶת־זִֽיף׃

*Word for word:* and (et) Gath and (et) Mareshah and (et) Ziph

*JPS 1917:* and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,

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[1 Kings 2:41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.2.41/)

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וַיֻּגַּ֖ד לִשְׁלֹמֹ֑ה כִּי־הָלַ֨ךְ שִׁמְעִ֧י מִירוּשָׁלִַ֛ם גַּ֖ת וַיָּשֹֽׁב׃

*Word for word:* and it.was.told to Solomon (dm).that he.had.gone Shimei from Jerusalem Gath and he.had.returned

*JPS 1917:* And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come back.

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