H1625

H1625 — גֵּרָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewgerahnoun femOccurrences: 11TWOT: 386a

Definition / Gloss

gerah (gay-raw') n-f. 1. the cud (as scraping the throat) [from H1641] KJV: cud. Root(s): H1641

KJV Renderings

cud.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB1758

I. גֵּרָה noun feminine cud (Arabic [untranscribed source text 1017], so called from sound of rumination ?) — גֵּרָה Lev 11:3 + 10 t. — cud, only in legislation of clean and unclean animals, and almost always with (יֵ֯ , תַ֯, הָ֯) מַעֲלֵה Lev 11:3; Lev 11:4 (twice in verse); Lev 11:5; Lev 11:6; Lev 11:26 ( P ) Deut 14:6 (twice in verse); Deut 14:7 יִגָּ֑ר ׳ ג (compare גרר Niph`al) Lev 11:7; Deut 14:8 has גֵּרָת without verb, but read there as Lev 11:7 (so ᵐ5 Di).


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