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גָּד

«גָּד» in the Tanakh dictionary: fortune — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

Used: 1 times · Key: 1409 · BDB: גַּד³

Glosses

good.fortune (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

fortune tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

fortune, good fortune n.pr.m. god of fortune tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] fortune, good fortune (Arabic جَدٌّ id., Aramaic גַּדָּא, ܓܰܕܳܐ )—Gn 30:11 בּגד Kt, i.e. בְּגָד (בָּא גָד֑ Qr), 𝔊 ἐν τύχῃ, by or with good fortune. n.pr.m. god of fortune (Arabic جَدّ WeSkizzen iii. 171; גד named often in Ph. & Aramaic inscript., & found in Ph. & Aramaic n.pr., BaeRel 76 f. NöZMG 1888, 479; v. especially SiegfJPTh 1875, 356 ff.)—c. לְ + art. לַגַּד Is 65:11 cf. Che.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «גָּד» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Genesis 30:11

וַתֹּ֥אמֶר לֵאָ֖ה בָּ֣א גָ֑ד וַתִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ גָּֽד׃

Word for word: and she.said Leah it.has.come good.fortune and she.called (et) name his Gad

JPS 1917: And Leah said: 'Fortune is come!' And she called his name Gad.

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