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# גָּמַר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1584

**end** — used 5 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

end [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1584/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

גָּמַר: vb. end, come to an end, complete [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1584/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. end, come to an end, complete (only ψ) (NH id. complete; As gamâru LotzTP. Register & deriv. COTGloss al.; Aramaic גְּמַר, ܓܡܰܪ; Ethiopic አግመረ (II); cf. also Arabic جَمَّرَ collect, assemble)— Pf. גּ׳ ψ 12:2; 77:9; Impf. יִגְמֹר ψ 138:8; יִגְמָר־ ψ 7:10; Pt. גֹּמֵר ψ 57:3;— come to an end, be no more ψ 7:10; 12:2 (‖ \[פָּסַס\]); 77:9 (‖ אָפֵס). trans. bring to an end, complete, אֵל גֹּמֵר עָלָ֑י ψ 57:3 God that completeth, accomplisheth, for me (𝔊 Gr Bi גמל, & so Che doubtfully), י׳ יִגְמֹר בַּעֲדִי 138:8.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: \[who\] avenges (1); has it come to an end? (1); he has come to an end (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 57:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.57.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.57.3/#tree)

אֶ֭קְרָא לֵֽאלֹהִ֣ים עֶלְי֑וֹן לָ֝אֵ֗ל גֹּמֵ֥ר עָלָֽי׃

*Word for word:* I.call.out to God Most.High to God \[who\].avenges on me

*JPS 1917:* I will cry unto God Most high; unto God that accomplisheth it for me.

[Psalms 12:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.12.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.12.2/#tree)

הוֹשִׁ֣יעָה יְ֭הוָה כִּי־גָמַ֣ר חָסִ֑יד כִּי־פַ֥סּוּ אֱ֝מוּנִ֗ים מִבְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃

*Word for word:* save O.Yahweh (dm) he.has.come.to.an.end \[the\].faithful (dm) they.have.vanished faithful.\[people\] from.\[the\] children of.humankind

*JPS 1917:* Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1584.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1584/): 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).