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# גְּבִיר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1376

**lord** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

lord [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1376/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

גְּבִיר: n.m. lord [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1376/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. lord, Gn 27:29, 37.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: lord (2).

## In the verses

[Genesis 27:29](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.27.29/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.27.29/#tree)

יַֽעַבְד֣וּךָ עַמִּ֗ים וְיִֽשְׁתַּחֲו֤וּלְךָ֙ לְאֻמִּ֔ים הֱוֵ֤ה גְבִיר֙ לְאַחֶ֔יךָ וְיִשְׁתַּחֲוּ֥וּלְךָ֖ בְּנֵ֣י אִמֶּ֑ךָ אֹרְרֶ֣יךָ אָר֔וּר וּֽמְבָרֲכֶ֖יךָ בָּרֽוּךְ׃

*Word for word:* may they.serve.you peoples and may.they.bow.down to you peoples become lord to brothers your and may.they.bow.down to you the.sons your.mother your \[those who\].curse.you \[be\].cursed and \[those who\].bless.you \[be\].blessed

*JPS 1917:* Let peoples serve thee, and nations bow down to thee. Be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee. Cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be every one that blesseth thee.

[Genesis 27:37](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.27.37/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.27.37/#tree)

וַיַּ֨עַן יִצְחָ֜ק וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לְעֵשָׂ֗ו הֵ֣ן גְּבִ֞יר שַׂמְתִּ֥יו לָךְ֙ וְאֶת־כָּל־אֶחָ֗יו נָתַ֤תִּי לוֹ֙ לַעֲבָדִ֔ים וְדָגָ֥ן וְתִירֹ֖שׁ סְמַכְתִּ֑יו וּלְכָ֣ה אֵפ֔וֹא מָ֥ה אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֖ה בְּנִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and he.answered Isaac and he.said to Esau here! lord I have.appointed.him to you and (et) all brothers his I.have.given to him to servants and grain and new.wine I have.sustained.him and for you then what? will.I.do my.son my

*JPS 1917:* And Isaac answered and said unto Esau: 'Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him; and what then shall I do for thee, my son?'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1376.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1376/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

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).