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title: אֶלְגָּבִישׁ — hail · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶלְגָּבִישׁ (417), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: hail. BDB 1906: hail. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶלְגָּבִישׁ

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«אֶלְגָּבִישׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hail** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 417 · **BDB:** אֶלְגָּבִישׁ

### Glosses

of.hail (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hail [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/417/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

hail [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/417/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] hail (= Ar. أَلْجِبْسُ gypsum; cf. sub גבשׁ) אַבְנֵי א׳ Ez 13:11, 13; 38:22.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֶלְגָּבִישׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/417/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 13:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.13.11/)

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אֱמֹ֛ר אֶל־טָחֵ֥י תָפֵ֖ל וְיִפֹּ֑ל הָיָ֣ה ׀ גֶּ֣שֶׁם שׁוֹטֵ֗ף וְאַתֵּ֜נָה אַבְנֵ֤י אֶלְגָּבִישׁ֙ תִּפֹּ֔לְנָה וְר֥וּחַ סְעָר֖וֹת תְּבַקֵּֽעַ׃

*Word for word:* say to \[those.who.are\].plastering of.whitewash and it.will.fall it.will.come rain overflowing and you O.stones of.hail you.will.fall and a.wind of.tempests it.will.break.through.\[the.wall\]

*JPS 1917:* say unto them that daub it with whited plaster, that it shall fall; there shall be an overflowing shower, and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall, and a stormy wind shall break forth,

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[Ezekiel 13:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.13.13/)

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לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה וּבִקַּעְתִּ֥י רֽוּחַ־סְעָר֖וֹת בַּֽחֲמָתִ֑י וְגֶ֤שֶׁם שֹׁטֵף֙ בְּאַפִּ֣י יִֽהְיֶ֔ה וְאַבְנֵ֥י אֶלְגָּבִ֖ישׁ בְּחֵמָ֥ה לְכָלָֽה׃

*Word for word:* therefore thus he.says Lord \[the\] Yahweh and I.will.make.break.out a.wind of.tempests in rage my and rain overflowing in anger my it.will.come and stones of.hail in rage for complete.destruction

*JPS 1917:* Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: I will even cause a stormy wind to break forth in My fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in Mine anger, and great hailstones in fury to consume it.

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