ge.de.rah denotes a built enclosure, especially one for flocks, and can also mark protective boundaries or a place name.

The attested use most often concerns enclosures associated with sheep or flocks; other verses place the term in settings of constructed boundaries, while 1 Chronicles 4:23 uses a proper form for Gederah.

1. Enclosures for sheep or flocks · dominant

   In Numbers 32:16 and Numbers 32:36, plural construct forms occur in building lists alongside cities, and the APB renders the relevant items as “sheepfolds.” Numbers 32:24 has a plural absolute form in the instruction to build for the sheep, while Zephaniah 2:6 places a plural construct form with “the flock”; the APB renders these clauses with “walls for your sheep” and “walls for the flock.”

   Numbers 32:16Numbers 32:24Numbers 32:36Zephaniah 2:6
2. Constructed boundary or protective barrier · common

   Ezekiel 42:12 uses a singular absolute form in a description of an entrance before a “suitable wall.” In Jeremiah 49:3 and Nahum 3:17, plural absolute forms occur in clauses that the APB renders as movement or camping “among the walls” and “in the walls.”

   Ezekiel 42:12Jeremiah 49:3Nahum 3:17
3. Place name · rare

   In 1 Chronicles 4:23, the form is tagged as a proper noun and names Gederah, where potters dwelt and worked for the king.

   1 Chronicles 4:23

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with “sheepfolds” in Numbers 32:16 and Numbers 32:36, and with “walls” in Numbers 32:24, Zephaniah 2:6, Jeremiah 49:3, Nahum 3:17, and Ezekiel 42:12. These renderings show the clauses' settings rather than a fixed English equivalent for every occurrence.