גֵּב
Used: 3 times · Key: 1356 · BDB: גֵּב³
Glosses
ditches (2); [the].cisterns (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
pit tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
pit, ditch, trench tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.[m.] pit, ditch, trench (Arabic جَوْبَةٌ hollow, depression; Syriac ܓܽܘܒܳܐ cistern)—only pl. גֵּבִים Je 14:3; in 2 K 3:16 גבים גבים, i.e. full of ditches; further, cisterns (according to Klo 2 K 25:12) Je 39:10 וִיגֵבִים (read וְגֵבִים) cf. also ‖ 2 K 25:12 (ולגבים Kt, וּלְיוֹגְבִים Qr) = Je 52:16 (וּלְיֹגְבִים; both c. כֹּרְמִים); Klo proposes to emend these, so as to read in all וַיִּתֵּן לָהֶם כְּרָמִים וְגֵבִים and gave to them vineyards and cisterns; another view in Th; cf. further גוב, יגב.—i. גֵּב v. sub גבה.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (17 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 «גֵּב» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר כֹּ֖ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה עָשֹׂ֛ה הַנַּ֥חַל הַזֶּ֖ה גֵּבִ֥ים ׀ גֵּבִֽים׃
Word for word: and he.said thus he.says Yahweh make the wadi (the) this ditches ditches
JPS 1917: And he said: 'Thus saith the LORD: Make this valley full of trenches.
וְאַדִּ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם שָׁלְח֥וּ צְעִירֵיהֶ֖ם לַמָּ֑יִם בָּ֣אוּ עַל־גֵּבִ֞ים לֹא־מָ֣צְאוּ מַ֗יִם שָׁ֤בוּ כְלֵיהֶם֙ רֵיקָ֔ם בֹּ֥שׁוּ וְהָכְלְמ֖וּ וְחָפ֥וּ רֹאשָֽׁם׃
Word for word: and their.noble [ones] they.have.sent their servants for (the) water they.have.come to [the].cisterns not they.have.found water they.have.returned vessels their empty they.are.ashamed and they.are.humiliated and they.have.covered head their
JPS 1917: And their nobles send their lads for water: they come to the pits, and find no water; their vessels return empty; they are ashamed and confounded, and cover their heads.
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