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title: גִּתִּי — the Gittites · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גִּתִּי (1663), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: the Gittites. BDB 1906: adj.gent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גִּתִּי

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«גִּתִּי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **the Gittites** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 1663 · **BDB:** גִּתִּי²

### Glosses

Gittite (8); Gittite\[s\] (1); Gittites (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

the Gittites [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1663/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1663/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.gent. of ii. גַּת 1; of Obed-edom 2 S 6:10, 11 = 1 Ch 13:13; Ittai 2 S 15:19, 22; 18:2; Goliath 21:19 1 Ch 20:5; pl. c. art. as subst., הַגִּתִּים 1 S 15:18 the Gittites (but read אִתַּי הַגִּתִּי We Klo Kit Bu NowArch.i.308 n.); sg. c. art. as n.pr.coll. הַגִּתִּי Jos 13:3 (with men of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashḳelon, Eḳron, and the Awwim).

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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 (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גִּתִּי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1663/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 13:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.13.13/)

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וְלֹֽא־הֵסִ֨יר דָּוִ֧יד אֶת־הָאָר֛וֹן אֵלָ֖יו אֶל־עִ֣יר דָּוִ֑יד וַיַּטֵּ֕הוּ אֶל־בֵּ֥ית עֹבֵֽד־אֱדֹ֖םעֹבֵֽד־אֱדֹ֖ם הַגִּתִּֽי׃

*Word for word:* and not he.turned.aside David (et) the ark to himself to the.city of.David and he took.it.aside to the.house of Obed-Edom the Gittite

*JPS 1917:* So David removed not the ark unto him into the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

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[2 Samuel 6:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.6.10/)

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וְלֹֽא־אָבָ֣ה דָוִ֗ד לְהָסִ֥יר אֵלָ֛יו אֶת־אֲר֥וֹן יְהוָ֖ה עַל־עִ֣יר דָּוִ֑ד וַיַּטֵּ֣הוּ דָוִ֔ד בֵּ֥ית עֹבֵֽד־אֱד֖וֹםעֹבֵֽד־אֱד֖וֹם הַגִּתִּֽי׃

*Word for word:* and not he.was.willing David to turn.aside to himself (et) the.ark of.Yahweh to the.city of.David and he took.it.aside David the.house of Obed-Edom the Gittite

*JPS 1917:* So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David; but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

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