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title: גַּף — body · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גַּף (lemma:גַּף), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: body. BDB 1906: n.m. body, self, height, elevation. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גַּף

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«גַּף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **body** — 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:** lemma:גַּף · **BDB:** גַּף²

### Glosses

body (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

body [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b7_5bc_5e3/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. body, self, height, elevation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b7_5bc_5e3/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. body, self, height, elevation (cf. NH גּוּף)—sg. sf. גַּפּוֹ Ex 21:3(×2), 4; pl. cstr. גַּפֵּי Pr 9:3;— body, self, only in phr. יָבֹא בְּגַפּוֹ (יֵצֵא) he shall come in (go out) by himself (with his body) Ex 21:3(×2), 4; in law of slave (cf. Di) height, elevation עַל־גַּפֵּי מְרֹמֵי קָ֑רֶת Pr 9:3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גַּף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b7_5bc_5e3/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 21:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.21.3/)

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אִם־בְּגַפּ֥וֹ יָבֹ֖א בְּגַפּ֣וֹ יֵצֵ֑א אִם־בַּ֤עַל אִשָּׁה֙ ה֔וּא וְיָצְאָ֥ה אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ עִמּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* if with body his he.will.come with body his he.will.go.out if \[is.the\].husband of.a.wife he and she.will.go.out wife his with him

*JPS 1917:* If he come in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he be married, then his wife shall go out with him.

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[Exodus 21:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.21.4/)

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אִם־אֲדֹנָיו֙ יִתֶּן־ל֣וֹ אִשָּׁ֔ה וְיָלְדָה־ל֥וֹ בָנִ֖ים א֣וֹ בָנ֑וֹת הָאִשָּׁ֣ה וִילָדֶ֗יהָ תִּהְיֶה֙ לַֽאדֹנֶ֔יהָ וְה֖וּא יֵצֵ֥א בְגַפּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* if master(s) his he.will.give to him a.wife and she.will.bear to him sons or daughters the woman and children her she.will.belong to master(s) her and he he.will.go.out with body his

*JPS 1917:* If his master give him a wife, and she bear him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.

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