לְ/גָרֵ֗שׁ
𐤋/𐤂𐤓𐤔
legaresh
by driving out
a primitive root; to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce; cast up (out), divorced (woman), drive away (forth, out), expel, [idiom] surely put away, trouble, thrust out.
1 Chronicles 17:21 · Word #18
Lexicon H1644
| Lemma | גָּרַשׁ |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤂𐤓𐤔 |
| Transliteration | gârash |
| Strong's | H1644 |
| In-context | by driving out |
Morphology HR/Vpc
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | p — Piel — Intensive active |
| Conjugation | c — Infinitive Construct — The verbal noun ("to ...") |
SIBI-P1 H1644-11
to forcefully drive out
| Root | גרש (g-r-sh) |
| Core Meanings | driving out, expelling, banishing, casting away, divorcing |
| Semantic Range | to expel from land, to banish, to cast out, to divorce a wife, to thrust away, to remove forcibly from possession or presence |
| Conceptual Significance | גרש frequently describes the removal of peoples from land, whether divine judgment driving nations out before Israel or Israel being expelled for covenant unfaithfulness. It also carries legal significance in the context of divorce, reflecting the severing of covenantal or territorial bonds. |
| Morphological Notes | Verb, Piel stem, infinitive construct with prefixed לְ ("to/for"). The Piel stem often conveys an intensive or factitive nuance of the root action. |
| Rendering Rationale | The root גרש conveys the act of driving someone out or expelling them from a place or relationship. The Piel stem (Vpc) intensifies the action, justifying "forcefully drive out," and the infinitive construct with prefixed לְ indicates purpose or result, hence "to drive out." |
AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)
Words from Root גרש (driving out, expelling, banishing, casting away, divorcing)
| SILEX Code | Transliteration | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
H1644-01 |
agaresh | I will expel |
H1644-02 |
agareshem | I will forcefully drive them out |
H1644-03 |
agareshenu | I will drive him out |
Word Usage (47 occurrences of H1644)
| Location | Form | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis 3:24 | וַ/יְגָ֖רֶשׁ | vayegaresh | he drove out |
| Genesis 4:14 | גֵּרַ֨שְׁתָּ | gerasheta | you have driven |
| Genesis 21:10 | גָּרֵ֛שׁ | garesh | Drive out |