גרה
Hebrew
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ג־י־ר (g-y-r) |
Noun
editגֵּרָה • (gerá) f (singular construct גֵּרַת־, masculine counterpart גֵּר)
Synonyms
edit- (convert to Judaism): גיורת
Etymology 2
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ג־ר־ר (g-r-r) |
Noun
editגֵּרָה • (gerá) f
- Cud
- Tanach, Leviticus 11:7, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וְאֶת־הַחֲזִיר כִּי־מַפְרִיס פַּרְסָה הוּא וְשֹׁסַע שֶׁסַע פַּרְסָה וְהוּא גֵּרָה לֹא־יִגָּר טָמֵא הוּא לָכֶם׃
- v-et ha-ḥazír ki mafrís parsá hu v-shosáʿ shésa parsá v-hu gerá lo yigár tamé hu lakhém.
- And the swine, because he parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you.
- (historical currency): One-twentieth of a shekel
- Tanach, Exodus 30:13, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- זֶה יִתְּנוּ כָּל־הָעֹבֵר עַל־הַפְּקֻדִים מַחֲצִית הַשֶּׁקֶל בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ עֶשְׂרִים גֵּרָה הַשֶּׁקֶל מַחֲצִית הַשֶּׁקֶל תְּרוּמָה לַיהוָה׃
- zeh yitnú kol ha-ʿovér ʿal ha-pqudím maḥatzít ha-shéqel b-shéqel ha-qódesh, ʿesrím gerá ha-shéqel maḥatzit ha-shéqel t'ruma l-Adonai.
- This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary—the shekel is twenty gerahs—half a shekel for an offering to the LORD.
Derived terms
edit- העלה גרה (heelá gerá, “ruminate”)
References
edit- “גרה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
- H1625 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Etymology 3
editVerb
editגָּרָה • (gára)
- Third-person feminine singular past (suffix conjugation) of גָּר (gár).
Verb
editגָּרָה • (gará)
- Feminine singular present participle and present tense of גָּר (gár).
- Tanach, Exodus 3:22, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וְשָׁאֲלָה אִשָּׁה מִשְּׁכֶנְתָּהּ וּמִגָּרַת בֵּיתָהּ
- v'shaalá ishá mish'chentáh umigarát betáh
- but every woman shall ask of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house
Etymology 4
editVerb
editגֵּרָה • (gerá) (pi'el construction)