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# גּוּר

Biblical Hebrew

**dread** — used 16 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

dread [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5bc_5d5_5bc_5e8/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

גּוּר⁵: vb. dread [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5bc_5d5_5bc_5e8/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. dread (cf. יָגֹר)— Impf. וַיָּגָר Nu 22:3 1 S 18:15; 2 ms. תָּגוּר Dt 18:22; אָגוּר Dt 32:27; pl. יָגוּרוּ ψ 33:8; Jb 41:17 + Ho 10:5, תָּגוּרוּ Dt 1:17; Imv. גּוּרוּ ψ 22:24 Jb 19:29;— be afraid of, sq. מִפְּנֵי Nu 22:3 Dt 1:17 1 S 18:15, גּוּרוּ לָכֶם מִפְּנֵי Jb 19:29; c. מִן 41:17 Dt 18:22; c. acc. Dt 32:27 (poet.) Ho 10:5 read prob. ינודו lament (‖ אבל, used c. לְ e.g. Na 3:7 Je 15:5 al.; cf. Che). stand in awe of, sq. מִן ψ 22:24; 33:8 (‖ יָרֵא).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (16 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (11 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: they stir up trouble (3); be afraid (2); you will be afraid (2).

## In the verses

[Job 41:17](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.17/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.17/#tree)

מִ֭שֵּׂתוֹ יָג֣וּרוּ אֵלִ֑ים מִ֝שְּׁבָרִ֗ים יִתְחַטָּֽאוּ׃

*Word for word:* from uprising its they.are.afraid mighty.ones from crashing(s) they.are.bewildered

*JPS 1917:* When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid; by reason of despair they are beside themselves.

[Psalms 140:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.140.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.140.3/#tree)

אֲשֶׁ֤ר חָשְׁב֣וּ רָע֣וֹת בְּלֵ֑ב כָּל־י֝֗וֹם יָג֥וּרוּ מִלְחָמֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* who they.plan evil.things in.\[the\] heart every day they.stir.up.trouble wars

*JPS 1917:* Who devise evil things in their heart; every day do they stir up wars.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5bc_5d5_5bc_5e8/): 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).