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גֶּ֫בֶר
ge.var
H1399
H:N-M Hebrew

great man

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ge.var denotes a great man in the contrast involving purity and twistedness in Psalm 18:26.

The lone attested use places ge.var, a masculine singular absolute noun, within Psalm 18:26's contrast between the purified and the twisted; the supplied translation does not clearly isolate its specific English rendering.

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  1. A great man in a moral contrast · dominant

    In Psalm 18:26, the masculine singular absolute form occurs in the clause contrasting the purified with the twisted. The APB renders the verse, "With the purified you show yourself pure, and with the twisted you show yourself twisted," but does not clearly identify a separate English equivalent for this noun.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Psalm 18:26, the APB presents a contrast of "the purified" and "the twisted." Its specific rendering of the noun cannot be isolated with confidence.

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