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גֵּרָה

«גֵּרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: a weight — 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: 5 times · Key: 1626 · BDB: גֵּרָה³

Glosses

gerah[s] (5)

Meaning (OSHB)

a weight tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. gerah tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. a weight, 20th part of shekel, gerah (Assyrian girû, ZehnpfundBAS i. 506)—גֵּרָה Ex 30:13 + 4 times—Only in definition of שֶׁקֶל, c. num. עֶשְׂרִים Ex 30:13; Lv 27:25; Nu 3:47; 18:16; Ez 45:12.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Leviticus 27:25

וְכָל־עֶרְכְּךָ֔ יִהְיֶ֖ה בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ עֶשְׂרִ֥ים גֵּרָ֖ה יִהְיֶ֥ה הַשָּֽׁקֶל׃ס

Word for word: and every valuation your it.will.be by the.shekel of the.holy.place twenty gerah[s] it.will.be the shekel

JPS 1917: And all thy valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary; twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.

Numbers 3:47

וְלָקַחְתָּ֗ חֲמֵ֧שֶׁת חֲמֵ֛שֶׁת שְׁקָלִ֖ים לַגֻּלְגֹּ֑לֶת בְּשֶׁ֤קֶל הַקֹּ֙דֶשׁ֙ תִּקָּ֔ח עֶשְׂרִ֥ים גֵּרָ֖ה הַשָּֽׁקֶל׃

Word for word: and you.will.take five five shekels for the head by the.shekel of the.holy.place you.will.take [is].twenty gerah[s] the shekel

JPS 1917: thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them — the shekel is twenty gerahs.

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