גָּרַד
ga.rad
H1623
H:V
Hebrew
to scrape
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Occurrences
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Books
Hebrew
Language
ga.rad describes Job using broken pottery to scrape himself while sitting among ashes.
The attested use describes a person's self-directed scraping action: Job uses broken pottery on himself while seated among ashes in Job 2:8.
Senses in use
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Scraping oneself with broken pottery · dominant
The form הִתְגָּרֵ֖ד is a Hithpael infinitive construct in Job 2:8, where it describes Job's action upon himself. In Job 2:8 the APB renders the verse, "Job took a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself while he sat among the ashes."
In the Anselm Project Bible: In Job 2:8, the APB presents the action as Job using broken pottery "to scrape himself." It confirms the verse's action without isolating every contribution of the Hebrew form.