גָּחוֹן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1512

belly — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

belly tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

גָּחוֹן: n.m. belly tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. belly, of reptiles (cf. perhaps Assyrian giḫinnu, cord (from twisting?) ZimBP 104)—גְּחֹנְךָ Gn 3:14 (J) of the serpent, cf. גָּחוֹן Lv 11:42 (P).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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 (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: belly (2).

In the verses

Leviticus 11:42 · tree →

כֹּל֩ הוֹלֵ֨ךְ עַל־גָּח֜וֹןוְכֹ֣ל ׀ הוֹלֵ֣ךְ עַל־אַרְבַּ֗ע עַ֚ד כָּל־מַרְבֵּ֣ה רַגְלַ֔יִם לְכָל־הַשֶּׁ֖רֶץ הַשֹּׁרֵ֣ץ עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ לֹ֥א תֹאכְל֖וּם כִּי־שֶׁ֥קֶץ הֵֽם׃

Word for word: any [one.which].walks on belly and any [one.which].walks on four.[feet] to any [one.which].multiplies (of).feet to every (the).swarming thing [which] swarms on the earth not you must.eat.them (dm) [are].detestable.thing[s] they

JPS 1917: Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all fours, or whatsoever hath many feet, even all swarming things that swarm upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are a detestable thing.

Genesis 3:14 · tree →

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ יְהֹוָ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֥ים ׀ אֶֽל־הַנָּחָשׁ֮ כִּ֣י עָשִׂ֣יתָ זֹּאת֒ אָר֤וּר אַתָּה֙ מִכָּל־הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה וּמִכֹּ֖ל חַיַּ֣ת הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה עַל־גְּחֹנְךָ֣ תֵלֵ֔ךְ וְעָפָ֥ר תֹּאכַ֖ל כָּל־יְמֵ֥י חַיֶּֽיךָ׃

Word for word: and he.said Yahweh God to the snake (dm) you.have.done this [are].cursed you more than.all (the) livestock and more than.every (the).animal of the.field on belly your you.will.go and dust you.will.eat all the.days your.life your

JPS 1917: And the LORD God said unto the serpent: 'Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou from among all cattle, and from among all beasts of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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