gir.ga.shi identifies a people listed among nations associated with the land and its dispossession or gift.

The term consistently identifies a people named in lists of nations: in genealogical lists, in the land promised to a descendant, and among peoples to be dispossessed or overcome as Israel enters the land. Every occurrence is a masculine singular absolute Gentilic form.

1. A people named among the nations of the land · dominant

   In Deuteronomy 7:1 and Joshua 3:10, the form occurs in lists of peoples whom God will dispossess before Israel. In Joshua 24:11, the APB renders the clause as naming this people among those who fought against Israel after its arrival at Jericho; Genesis 15:21 and Nehemiah 9:8 include it in lists connected with land given to a descendant.

   Deuteronomy 7:1Joshua 3:10Joshua 24:11Genesis 15:21Nehemiah 9:8Genesis 10:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB presents the form as "the Girgashite" in lists alongside other people-names. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, the clauses establish its people-name use more clearly than any finer English nuance.