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title: גָּרַם — break bones · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּרַם (lemma:גָּרַם), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: break bones. BDB 1906: vb. cut off reserve. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּרַם

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«גָּרַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **break bones** — 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:** lemma:גָּרַם · **BDB:** גָּרַם

### Glosses

they.gnaw (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

break bones [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b8_5bc_5e8_5b7_5dd/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. cut off reserve [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b8_5bc_5e8_5b7_5dd/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. cut off, hence reserve (?) (NH גָּרַם is shorten, occasion, bring about, to pass, Aramaic גְּרַם Pa. occasion, bring about, ܓܪܰܡ abscidit, decrevit, cf. Arabic جَرَمَ cut off (fruit), shear (sheep);—on connexion of ideas v. Fl NHWB i.437) Pf. 3 pl. לֹא גָֽרְמוּ לַבֹּקֶר Zp 3:3 they have reserved nothing for the morrow, in fig. of cruel judges (dub.: al. from ii. \[גָּרַם\], v. KauAT Dr).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גָּרַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b8_5bc_5e8_5b7_5dd/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Zephaniah 3:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.3.3/)

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שָׂרֶ֣יהָ בְקִרְבָּ֔הּ אֲרָי֖וֹת שֹֽׁאֲגִ֑ים שֹׁפְטֶ֙יהָ֙ זְאֵ֣בֵי עֶ֔רֶב לֹ֥א גָרְמ֖וּ לַבֹּֽקֶר׃

*Word for word:* officials its in midst its \[are\].lions roaring judges its \[are\].wolves of.\[the\].evening \[which\].not they.gnaw to the morning

*JPS 1917:* Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are wolves of the desert, they leave not a bone for the morrow.

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