גֶּרֶם

«גֶּרֶם» in the Tanakh dictionary: bone — 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: 1634 · BDB: גֶּ֫רֶם

Glosses

[the].bone[s] (1); a.bone (1); limbs (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

bone tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

bone, strength, self tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] bone, strength, self (?) (Arabic جِرْمٌ body, Aramaic גְּרַם, ܓܪܶܡ bone, self)—abs. גָּ֑רֶם Gn 49:14 + 2 times; cstr. גֶּרֶם 2 K 9:13; sf. גְּרָמָיו Jb 40:18;— bone Pr 17:22 (coll.) 25:15; of behemoth (hippopot.) Jb 40:18 (‖ עצם q.v.) strength Gn 49:14 חֲמֹר גָּ֑רֶם strong ass (lit. bony, so VB). self (cf. עצם), 2 K 9:13 גֶּרֶם הַמַּעֲלוֹת so Ges Ew Ke, but text dub., v. conjectures in Klo.

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 (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Genesis 49:14

יִשָּׂשכָ֖ר חֲמֹ֣ר גָּ֑רֶם רֹבֵ֖ץ בֵּ֥ין הַֽמִּשְׁפְּתָֽיִם׃

Word for word: Issachar [is].a.donkey of.bone lying.down between the.two saddlebaskets

JPS 1917: Issachar is a large-boned ass, couching down between the sheep-folds.

Job 40:18

עֲ֭צָמָיו אֲפִיקֵ֣י נְחוּשָׁ֑ה גְּ֝רָמָ֗יו כִּמְטִ֥יל בַּרְזֶֽל׃

Word for word: bones its [are].tubes of.bronze limbs its [are].like a.rod of.iron

JPS 1917: His bones are as pipes of brass; his gristles are like bars of iron.

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