BDB1752
[גָּרַע] verb diminish, restrain, withdraw (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic גְּרַע [untranscribed source text 1010] shave head, etc.; compare [untranscribed source text 1011] swallow) —
Qal
Imperfect
יִגְרַע
Job 36:7,
יִגְרָ֑ע
Exod 21:10 2
masculine singular תִּגְרַע
Deut 13:1 + 3 t.;
אֶגְרַע
Ezek 5:11 (but
compare below), וָאֶגְרַע
Ezek 16:27
תִּגְרְעוּ
Exod 5:8 + 2 t.;
Infinitive
לִגְרֹעַ
Eccl 3:14
Participle
גְּרוּעָה
Isa 15:2 (so
Baer; v. d. H.
גְּדוּעָה see
גדע
), גְּרֻעָה
Jer 48:37 —
1.
diminish, usually followed by מִן
Exod 5:8; Exod 5:19 (the
tale of bricks), Deut 4:2
; Deut 13:1
(in both, word of ׳
י; opposed to הוסיף) compare Eccl 3:14, and also Jer 26:2 (with accusative); with
accusative also
Exod 21:10 (food etc.) compare Ezek 16:27
Passive participle diminished, clipped, of beard, Jer 48:37 and Isa 15:2 (so Baer, rightly, compare his note and see
גדע
).
2.
restrain
Job 15:4 (with
accusative שִׂיחָה meditation, devotion), Job 15:8 (with accusative חָכְמָה, followed
by אֵלֶיךָ, i.e. unto, for thyself, monopolize; De
Di
Da render draw unto thyself, appropriate; Schult. compare Arabic swallow, compare Ew
saugst zu dir ein Weisheit).
3.
withdraw
Job 36:7
(object עַיִן, eye, followed by מִן); Ezek 5:11
absolute (si vera lectio); Co. reads אֶתְגָּרֶה, for
אֶגְרַע, on internal grounds; others: withdraw (thy needs) Sm (compare Ezek 16:27); withdraw (mine eye) Ges
Ke.
Niph`al
Perfect
וְנִגְרַע consecutive Lev 27:18
וְנִגְרְעָה
Num 36:3
Imperfect
יִגָּרַע
Num 27:4;
Num 36:4,
יִגָּרֵ֑עַ
Num 36:3 1
plural נִגָּרַע
Num 9:7
Participle
נִגְרָע
Exod 5:11 —
1.
be withdrawn with מִן
Num 36:3
(twice in verse);
Num 36:4 (inheritance, נחלה); Num 27:4 a name out of a
family; Exod
5:11 (מֵעֲבֹדַתְכֶם דָּבָר); impersonal Lev 27:18 (
abatement shall be made).
2.
be restrained followed by infinitive Num 9:7. Pi`el
Imperfect
יְגָרַע
Job
36:27
withdraw = draw up with accusative נִטְפֵימָֿ֑יִם
compare Di (on other hand,
De and others draw down, let down).