Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H1625 |
|---|---|
| Word: | גֵּרָה |
| Part of Speech: | noun fem |
| Etymology: | from H1641 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 11 |
| Transliteration: | gerah |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | gay-raw' |
| Meaning: | 1. the cud (as scraping the throat) |
| KJV Renderings: | cud. |
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I. גֵּרָה noun feminine cud (Arabic [untranscribed source text 1017], so called from sound of rumination ?) — גֵּרָה Lev 11:3 + 10 t. — cud, only in legislation of clean and unclean animals, and almost always with (יֵ֯ , תַ֯, הָ֯) מַעֲלֵה Lev 11:3; Lev 11:4 (twice in verse); Lev 11:5; Lev 11:6; Lev 11:26 ( P ) Deut 14:6 (twice in verse); Deut 14:7 יִגָּ֑ר ׳ ג (compare גרר Niph`al) Lev 11:7; Deut 14:8 has גֵּרָת without verb, but read there as Lev 11:7 (so ⅏ ᵐ5 Di).
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Leviticus 11:3
