Lexicon
גָּרַד
ga.rad
H1623
H:V Hebrew

to scrape

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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

  1. 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.

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