גָּרַד
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1623
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
scrape tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
גָּרַד: vb. scrape, scratch tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb. scrape, scratch (NH id., Aramaic גְּרַד, ܓܪܰܕ & Ph. מגרדם flesh-scrapers CIS 338. 4; cf. also Arabic جَرَدَ peel or strip off bark, shave hair from a hide etc.)— Inf. לְהִתְגָּרֵד scrape one’s self Jb 2:8.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: scrape himself (1).
In the verses
וַיִּֽקַּֽח־ל֣וֹ חֶ֔רֶשׂ לְהִתְגָּרֵ֖ד בּ֑וֹ וְה֖וּא יֹשֵׁ֥ב בְּתוֹךְ־הָאֵֽפֶר׃
Word for word: and he.took for himself a.potsherd to scrape.himself with it and he [was].sitting in the.midst the ash[es]
JPS 1917: And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself therewith; and he sat among the ashes.
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