Lexical Summary gara: to diminish, restrain, withdraw Original Word: גָּרַעTransliteration: gara Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-rah') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to diminish, restrain, withdraw Meaning: to scrape off, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold Strong's Concordance abate, clip, diminish, do take away, keep back, restrain, make small, withdrawA primitive root; to scrape off; by implication, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold -- abate, clip, (di-)minish, do (take) away, keep back, restrain, make small, withdraw. Brown-Driver-Briggs H1639. gara [גָּרַע] verb diminish, restrain, withdraw (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic גְּרַע shave head, etc.; compare swallow) — Qal Imperfect יִגְרַע Job 36:7, יִגְרָ֑ע Exodus 21:10; 2masculine singular תִּגְרַע Deuteronomy 13:1 3t.; אֶגְרַע Ezekiel 5:11 (but compare below), וָאֶגְרַע 16:27; תִּגְרְעוּ Exodus 5:8 2t.; Infinitive לִגְרֹעַ Ecclesiastes 3:14; Participle גְּרוּעָה Isaiah 15:2 (so Baer; v. d. H. גְּדוּעָה see גדע), גְּרֻעָה Jeremiah 48:37; — 1 diminish, usually followed by מִן Exodus 5:8, 19 (the tale of bricks), Deuteronomy 4:2; 13:1 (in both, word of ׳י; opposed to הוסיף) compare Ecclesiastes 3:14, and also Jeremiah 26:2 (with accusative); with accusative also Exodus 21:10 (food etc.) compare Ezekiel 16:27; Passive participle diminished, clipped, of beard, Jeremiah 48:37 and Isaiah 15:2 (so Baer, rightly, compare his note and see גדע). 2 restrain Job 15:4 (with accusative שִׂיחָה meditation, devotion), 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); Ezekiel 5:11 absolute (si vera lectio); Co. reads אֶתְגָּרֶה, for אֶגְרַע, on internal grounds; others: withdraw (thy needs) Sm (compare 16:27); withdraw (mine eye) Ges Ke. Niph`al Perfect וְנִגְרַע consecutive Leviticus 27:18; וְנִגְרְעָה Numbers 36:3; Imperfect יִגָּרַע 27:4; 36:4, יִגָּרֵ֑עַ 36:3; 1plural נִגָּרַע 9:7; Participle נִגְרָע Exodus 5:11; — 1 be withdrawn with מִן Numbers 36:3 (twice in verse); 36:4 (inheritance, נחלה); 27:4 a name out of a family; Exodus 5:11 (דָּבָר מֵעֲבֹדַתְכֶם); impersonal Leviticus 27:18 (abatement shall be made). 2 be restrained followed by infinitive Numbers 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). |
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