Lexicon
גָּדִישׁ
ga.dish
H1430B
H:N-M Hebrew

tomb

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ga.dish denotes the burial place to which a person is carried in Job 21:32.

The attested use denotes a burial place: in Job 21:32, the singular noun occurs in the statement that a person is carried to the graves and kept under watch there.

Senses in use

  1. Burial place receiving the dead · dominant

    In Job 21:32, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the clause about a person being carried to the graves; the APB renders the verse, “He is carried to the graves, and watch is kept over his tomb.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Job 21:32, the APB presents the burial setting with “the graves” and “his tomb.” It does not establish which of those English expressions corresponds directly to the noun.

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