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גְּדוּדָה

𐤂𐤃𐤅𐤃𐤄

gᵉdûwdâh

H1418 noun

SILEX Entry

Root גדד to cut, incise, make a breach

Definition

A cutting, incision, or breach; an act or result of making a cut, often with reference to dividing or penetrating something. While the primary sense is of a physical incision or cut, contexts may imply figurative breaches, such as gaps or wounds created by assault or violence.

Semantic Range

incision, cut, breach, fissure, opening created by cutting; by extension, breach in a wall or defense, wound

Root / Etymology

From the root גָּדַד (gadad), meaning 'to cut, incise, penetrate, attack.' The feminine form גְּדוּדָה is related to the process or result of cutting, and is grammatically a passive participle in form (something that is cut or incised).

Historical & Contextual Notes

גְּדוּדָה is a rare term in Biblical Hebrew, with its uses typically describing breaches or open places that result from cutting (e.g., breaches in walls caused by attackers). The form, being a feminine passive participle, refers to the result of cutting more than the process. The related masculine noun גְּדוּד (gedûd) more commonly refers to a band or troop (often of raiders, who themselves 'cut' into a population or territory), but גְּדוּדָה remains closer to the literal sense of a cut, wound, or fissure. In later Hebrew or Medieval lexica, the term does not shift significantly in meaning. English translations may variously render it as 'incision,' 'breach,' or 'gap,' but the nuance of a forcibly-made opening (especially by assault) remains prominent. The term does not carry connotations of ritual cutting or self-mutilation, which are expressed by other Hebrew roots (e.g., שׂרט).

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

feminine participle passive of גָּדַד; an incision; cutting.

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Root Family

גדד (g-d-d) — to cut, incise, make a breach

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H1412 גֻּדְגֹּדָה the Gash-Gorge
H1413 גָּדַד you will gash yourself
H1414 גְּדַד Hew down!
H1415 גָּדָה his cut-formed riverbanks
H1416 גְּדוּד in the raiding band

Word Forms

1 distinct form

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H1418-01 גְּדוּדֶ֑י/הָ gedudeyha HNcmpc/Sp3fs her furrows her breaches 1

Occurrences in Scripture

1 total occurrence

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H1418-01 Psalms 65:11 גְּדוּדֶ֑י/הָ gedudeyha HNcmpc/Sp3fs her furrows her breaches
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