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# גַּרְגְּרֹת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1621

**neck** — used 4 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

neck [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1621/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

גַּרְגְּרוֹת: n.f.pl. neck [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1621/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f.pl. neck (on format. cf. Ba NB 204)—גַּרְגְּרֹתֶ֑יךָ Pr 1:9; 3:22, גַּרְגְּרוֹתֶיךָ Pr 3:3, גַּרְגְּרֹתֶ֑ךָ 6:21—always in fig., instruction of parents an ornament, a chain upon neck Pr 1:9, bind them upon thy neck 6:21; so of mercy & truth 3:3, cf. v 22.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: neck(s) (4).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 3:22](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.3.22/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.3.22/#tree)

וְיִֽהְי֣וּ חַיִּ֣ים לְנַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ וְ֝חֵ֗ן לְגַרְגְּרֹתֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.be life for self your and grace for neck(s) your

*JPS 1917:* So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

[Proverbs 6:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.6.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.6.21/#tree)

קָשְׁרֵ֣ם עַל־לִבְּךָ֣ תָמִ֑יד עָ֝נְדֵ֗ם עַל־גַּרְגְּרֹתֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* bind them on heart your continually tie them on neck(s) your

*JPS 1917:* Bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1621.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1621/): 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).