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title: גּוּר — dread · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גּוּר (lemma:גּוּר), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: dread. BDB 1906: vb. dread. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גּוּר

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«גּוּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **dread** — 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:** 16 times · **Key:** lemma:גּוּר · **BDB:** גּוּר⁵

### Glosses

they.stir.up.trouble (3); be.afraid (2); you.will.be.afraid (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dread [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5bc_5d5_5bc_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. dread [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5bc_5d5_5bc_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. dread (cf. יָגֹר)— Impf. וַיָּגָר Nu 22:3 1 S 18:15; 2 ms. תָּגוּר Dt 18:22; אָגוּר Dt 32:27; pl. יָגוּרוּ ψ 33:8; Jb 41:17 + Ho 10:5, תָּגוּרוּ Dt 1:17; Imv. גּוּרוּ ψ 22:24 Jb 19:29;— be afraid of, sq. מִפְּנֵי Nu 22:3 Dt 1:17 1 S 18:15, גּוּרוּ לָכֶם מִפְּנֵי Jb 19:29; c. מִן 41:17 Dt 18:22; c. acc. Dt 32:27 (poet.) Ho 10:5 read prob. ינודו lament (‖ אבל, used c. לְ e.g. Na 3:7 Je 15:5 al.; cf. Che). stand in awe of, sq. מִן ψ 22:24; 33:8 (‖ יָרֵא).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (16 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גּוּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5bc_5d5_5bc_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 41:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.17/)

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מִ֭שֵּׂתוֹ יָג֣וּרוּ אֵלִ֑ים מִ֝שְּׁבָרִ֗ים יִתְחַטָּֽאוּ׃

*Word for word:* from uprising its they.are.afraid mighty.ones from crashing(s) they.are.bewildered

*JPS 1917:* When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid; by reason of despair they are beside themselves.

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[Psalms 140:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.140.3/)

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אֲשֶׁ֤ר חָשְׁב֣וּ רָע֣וֹת בְּלֵ֑ב כָּל־י֝֗וֹם יָג֥וּרוּ מִלְחָמֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* who they.plan evil.things in.\[the\] heart every day they.stir.up.trouble wars

*JPS 1917:* Who devise evil things in their heart; every day do they stir up wars.

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