גִּר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1615

chalk — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

chalk tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

גִּר: chalk, lime tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] chalk, lime (perhaps Aramaic loanword cf. Frä9; Aramaic (also Biblical Aramaic) גִּיר, ܓܺܪܳܐ; Arabic جِيرٌ is loan-wd.Fräl.c.)—מִזְבֵּחַ כְּאַבְנֵי גִר Is 27:9.

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 (16 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of chalk (1).

In the verses

Isaiah 27:9 · tree →

לָכֵ֗ן בְּזֹאת֙ יְכֻפַּ֣ר עֲוֺֽן־יַעֲקֹ֔ב וְזֶ֕ה כָּל־פְּרִ֖י הָסִ֣ר חַטָּאת֑וֹ בְּשׂוּמ֣וֹ ׀ כָּל־אַבְנֵ֣י מִזְבֵּ֗חַ כְּאַבְנֵי־גִר֙ מְנֻפָּצ֔וֹת לֹֽא־יָקֻ֥מוּ אֲשֵׁרִ֖ים וְחַמָּנִֽים׃

Word for word: therefore by this it.will.be.atoned.for the.iniquity of.Jacob and this [is].all the.fruit of.the.removing its.sin his when makes he all [the].stones of.[the].altar like stones of.chalk pulverized not they.will.stand Asherah.poles and incense.altars

JPS 1917: Therefore by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be expiated, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in pieces, so that the Asherim and the sun-images shall rise no more.

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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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