גַּרְזֶן
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1631
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
axe tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
גַּרְזֶן: n.m. axe tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.m. Is 10:15 axe (pick, pick-axe, 3 times in SI; on format. cf. Sta294 a Ges§ 85, xi. 54)—Dt 19:5; 20:19 Is 10:15 1 K 6:7 (Co conj. also Ez 31:11).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 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: axe (3); an axe (1).
In the verses
וְהַבַּ֙יִת֙ בְּהִבָּ֣נֹת֔וֹ אֶֽבֶן־שְׁלֵמָ֥ה מַסָּ֖ע נִבְנָ֑ה וּמַקָּב֤וֹת וְהַגַּרְזֶן֙ כָּל־כְּלִ֣י בַרְזֶ֔ל לֹֽא־נִשְׁמַ֥ע בַּבַּ֖יִת בְּהִבָּנֹתֽוֹ׃
Word for word: and the house when it was.built stone perfect quarry it.was.built and hammers and (the) axe any article of.iron not it.was.heard in the house when it was.built
JPS 1917: For the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building. —
הֲיִתְפָּאֵר֙ הַגַּרְזֶ֔ן עַ֖ל הַחֹצֵ֣ב בּ֑וֹ אִם־יִתְגַּדֵּ֤ל הַמַּשּׂוֹר֙ עַל־מְנִיפ֔וֹ כְּהָנִ֥יף שֵׁ֙בֶט֙ וְאֶת־מְרִימָ֔יו כְּהָרִ֥ים מַטֶּ֖ה לֹא־עֵֽץ׃
Word for word: does it.glorify.itself? the axe above the.[one who].cuts with it or? does.it.magnify.itself the saw above the.[one who].wields.it as wields a.rod (and) (et) [those who].lift.it as lifts a.staff not wood
JPS 1917: Should the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? Should the saw magnify itself against him that moveth it? as if a rod should move them that lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up him that is not wood.
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