H1505 — גְּזַר

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AramaicgzarverbOccurrences: 6TWOT: 2654

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gzar (ghez-ar') v. 1. to quarry 2. determine [(Aramaic) corresponding to H1504] KJV: cut out, soothsayer. Root(s): H1504

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KJV Renderings

cut out, soothsayer.

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[גְּזַר] verb cut, (divide,) determine (so ᵑ7 Syriac, in both meanings; Biblical Hebrew usually divide, Job, Esther, decree); —

Pe. Participle active as substantive, plural absolute גָָּֽזְרִין determiners (of fate; astrologers or soothsayers) Dan 2:27; Dan 5:11 emphatic גָָּֽזְרַיָּא Dan 4:4; Dan 5:7 (compare Dr.; Arabic [untranscribed source text 5959] RS^{JPhil. xiii (1885), 781}).

Hithpe`el Perfect 3 feminine singular הִתְגְּזֶרֶת Dan 2:34 a stone was cut out, so ׳ אִתְג (K^{§ § 23, 1; 30, 2}) Dan 2:45 (with מִן of source).

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