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# גָּרַע

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1639

**diminish** — used 21 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

diminish [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1639/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

גָּרַע: vb. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1639/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. diminish, restrain, withdraw (NH id., Aramaic גְּרַע, ܓܪܰܥ shave head, etc.; cf. جَرِعَ swallow)— Impf. יִגְרַע Jb 36:7, יִגְרָ֑ע Ex 21:10; 2 ms. תִּגְרַע Dt 13:1 + 3 times; אֶגְרַע Ez 5:11 (but cf. infr.), וָאֶגְרַע Ez 16:27; תִּגְרְעוּ Ex 5:8 + 2 times; Inf. לִגְרֹעַ Ex 3:14; Pt. גְּרוּעָה Is 15:2 (so Baer; v. d. H. גְּדוּעָה v. גדע), גְּרֻעָה Je 48:37;— diminish, usually sq. מִן Ex 5:8, 19 (the tale of bricks), Dt 4:2; 13:1 (in both, word of י׳; opp. הוסיף) cf. Ec 3:14, and also Je 26:2 (c. acc.); c. acc. also Ex 21:10 (food etc.) cf. Ez 16:27; Pt. pass. diminished, clipped, of beard, Je 48:37 and Is 15:2 (so Baer, rightly, cf. his note and v. גדע). restrain Jb 15:4 (c. acc. שִׂיחָה meditation, devotion), Jb 15:8 (c. acc. חָכְמָה, sq. אֵלֶיךָ, i. e. unto, for thyself, monopolize; De Di Da render draw unto thyself, appropriate; Schult. comp. Arabic swallow, cf. Ew saugst zu dir ein Weisheit). withdraw Jb 36:7 (obj. עַיִן, eye, sq. מִן); Ez 5:11 absol. (si vera l.); Co. reads אֶתְגָּרֶה, for אֶגְרַע, on intern. grounds; others: withdraw (thy needs) Sm (cf. 16:27); withdraw (mine eye) Ges Ke. Pf. וְנִגְרַע consec. Lv 27:18; וְנִגְרְעָה Nu 36:3; Impf. יִגָּרַע Nu 27:4; 36:4, יִגָּרֵ֑עַ Nu 36:3; 1 pl. נִגָּרַע Nu 9:7; Pt. נִגְרָע Ex 5:11;— be withdrawn c. מִן Nu 36:3(×2), 4 (inheritance, נחלה); Nu 27:4 a name out of a family; Ex 5:11 (מֵעֲבֹדַתְכֶם דָּבָר); impers. Lv 27:18 (abatement shall be made). be restrained sq. inf. Nu 9:7. Impf. יְגָרַע Jb 36:27 withdraw = draw up c. acc. נִטְפֵי־מָ֑יִם cf. Di (on other hand, De al. draw down, let down).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 20 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, 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MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: it will be withdrawn (3); you must diminish (2); you will diminish (2).

## In the verses

[Job 15:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.4/#tree)

אַף־אַ֭תָּה תָּפֵ֣ר יִרְאָ֑ה וְתִגְרַ֥ע שִׂ֝יחָ֗ה לִפְנֵי־אֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* also you you.annul fear and you.diminish meditation before God

*JPS 1917:* Yea, thou doest away with fear, and impairest devotion before God.

[Job 15:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.8/#tree)

הַבְס֣וֹד אֱל֣וֹהַ תִּשְׁמָ֑ע וְתִגְרַ֖ע אֵלֶ֣יךָ חָכְמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* in the council? of.God do.you.listen and do.you.restrain? to yourself wisdom

*JPS 1917:* Dost thou hearken in the council of God? And dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1639.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1639/): 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).