גיר
Aramaic edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek γάρ (gár).
Pronunciation edit
Conjunction edit
גיר • (transliteration needed)
Usage notes edit
- גיר is a post-positive word, i.e., it is never the first word in a sentence.
Hebrew edit
Etymology 1 edit
Ultimately from Sumerian 𒌋𒀜 (gir, “oven, kiln”). Cognate with Maltese ġir
Noun edit
גִּיר • (gir) m (plural indefinite גִּירִים, singular construct גִּיר־)
- (uncountable) lime, calcite; chalk
- Tanach, Isaiah 27:9, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- לָכֵן בְּזֹאת יְכֻפַּר עֲוֺן־יַעֲקֹב וְזֶה כָּל־פְּרִי הָסִר חַטָּאתוֹ בְּשׂוּמוֹ כָּל־אַבְנֵי מִזְבֵּחַ כְּאַבְנֵי־גִר מְנֻפָּצוֹת לֹא־יָקֻמוּ אֲשֵׁרִים וְחַמָּנִים׃
- Lakhén b-zot y'khupár 'avón Ya'aqóv v-zeh kol p'ri ha-sir ḥaṭato b-sumó kol avnéi mizbéaḥ k-ávnei gir m'nupatsót lo yaqúmu asherím v-ḥammaním.
- Therefore by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be expiated, And this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: When he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in pieces, So that the Asherim and the sun-images shall rise no more.
- a. 425 C.E., Jerusalem Talmud, Shabbat 7:2:
- הָהֵן דִּחְשַׁר גִּיר גִּבְּסִין מוֹץ חוֹל עָפָר חַייָב מִשּׁוּם מְרַקֵּד. הָהֵן דִּגְבַל גִּיר גִּבְּסִין עָפָר קִילוֹרִין מָלוּגְמַא סַמְמָנִין חַייָב מַשּׁוּם לָשׁ.
- Ha-hen di-ḥ'shár gir, gibsín, motz, ḥol, 'afar — ḥayyáv mi-shum m'raqqéd. Ha-hen di-gvar gir, gibsín, 'afar, qilorín, malugmá, sam'manín, ḥayyáv mi-shum lash.
- One who sifts chalk, gypsum, chaff, sand, dust — is liable on account of sifting. One who kneads chalk, gypsum, dust, collyrium, amalgam, medicines, is liable on account of dough.
- (countable) a piece (stick) of chalk
References edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
גִּיֵּר • (giyér) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)