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title: חָגוֹר — girt · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָגוֹר (2289), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: girt. BDB 1906: adj. girt, girded. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָגוֹר

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«חָגוֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **girt** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 2289 · **BDB:** חָגוֹר

### Glosses

girded (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

girt [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2289/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. girt, girded [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2289/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. girt, girded, only pl. cstr.; חֲגוֹרֵי אֵזוֹר Ez 23:15 girded with a waist-cloth.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָגוֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2289/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 23:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.15/)

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חֲגוֹרֵ֨י אֵז֜וֹר בְּמָתְנֵיהֶ֗ם סְרוּחֵ֤י טְבוּלִים֙ בְּרָ֣אשֵׁיהֶ֔ם מַרְאֵ֥ה שָׁלִשִׁ֖ים כֻּלָּ֑ם דְּמ֤וּת בְּנֵֽי־בָבֶל֙ כַּשְׂדִּ֔ים אֶ֖רֶץ מוֹלַדְתָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* girded of.a.loincloth on hips their overhung of.turbans on heads their \[the\].appearance of.officers of.them all the.likeness of.the.sons of.Babylon Chaldea \[was\].the.land their.kindred their

*JPS 1917:* girded with girdles upon their loins, with pendant turbans upon their heads, all of them captains to look upon, the likeness of the sons of Babylon, even of Chaldea, the land of their nativity.

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