Lexical Definition

‎גֵּז‎ gêz (gaze) fleece ^H:N-M
from ‎גַּזָז‎

fleece, mowing, mown grass.

• a fleece (as shorn)
• also mown grass

1) a shearing, mowing
1a) shearing, that sheared off
1b) a mowing, mown grass

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎גֵּז‎ noun [masculine] shearing, mowing (Assyrian gizzu Zehnpf^{BAS i. 530}, Aramaic ‎גִּיזָּא‎ fleece) — ‎גֵּז‎ Ps 72:6, also construct Deut 18:4; Job 31:20 plural construct ‎גִּזֵּי‎ Amos 7:1 — shearing = thing sheared off, wool, fleece ‎צאֹן‎ ‎׳‎‎ג‎ Deut 18:4, ‎כְּבָשַׂי‎ ‎׳‎‎ג‎ Job 31:20 mowing Amos 7:1 (‎הַמֶּלֶךְ‎ ‎׳‎‎ג‎ compare RS^{Semitic i. 228}); = land to be mown Ps 72:6 (but shearing in both, according to Hoffm^{ZAW 1883, 116 ff.} SS).

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