גֵּרָא

«גֵּרָא» in the Tanakh dictionary: Gera — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 9 times · Key: 1617 · BDB: גֵּרָא

Glosses

of.Gera (5); Gera (4)

Meaning (OSHB)

Gera tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.pr.m. (Ph. גרא) son of Benjamin Gn 46:21 (lacking Nu 26:38–40); son of Belaʿ, & grandson of Benj., according to 1 Ch 8:3, 5 cf. v 7; designation of a Benjamite family or clan; hence Ehud called בֶּן־גֵּרָא Ju 3:15, & so Shimei, 2 S 16:5; 19:17, 19 1 K 2:8.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

1 Chronicles 8:5

וְגֵרָ֥א וּשְׁפוּפָ֖ן וְחוּרָֽם׃

Word for word: and Gera and Shephuphan and Huram

JPS 1917: and Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.

1 Chronicles 8:3

וַיִּהְי֥וּ בָנִ֖ים לְבָ֑לַע אַדָּ֥ר וְגֵרָ֖א וַאֲבִיהֽוּד׃

Word for word: and they.belonged sons to Bela Addar and Gera and Abihud

JPS 1917: And Bela had sons, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud;

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