Lexical Definition

‎גַּזָז‎ gazâz (gaw-zaz') to shear ^H:V
a primitive root (akin to ‎גּוּז‎)

cut off (down), poll, shave, (sheep-) shear(-er).

• to cut off
• specifically to shear aflock or shave the hair
• figuratively to destroy an enemy

1) to shear, mow
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to shear
1a2) shearer (participle)
1b) (Niphal) to be cut off, be destroyed

See Greek: διαστέλλομαι · κείρω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎גָּזַז‎] verb shear (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic ‎גְּזָז‎ , Arabic , Assyrian derivatives) —

Qal Imperfect ‎וַיָּ֫גָו‎ Job 1:20 2 masculine singular ‎תָּגֹז‎ Deut 15:19 Imperative 2 feminine singular ‎גָּזִּ֫י‎ Jer 7:29, ‎גֹּ֫זִּי‎ Mic 1:16 Infinitive construct ‎גְּזֹו‎ Gen 31:19 (E) 1Sam 25:2, ‎גֹּז‎ Gen 38:13 (J); Participle ‎גֹּזֵז‎ 1Sam 25:4 plural ‎גֹּזְַזִים‎ 1Sam 25:7 + 2 t.; construct ‎גֹּזַזֵי‎ Gen 38:12 suffix ‎גֹּזְַזָי֑‎ 1Sam 25:11, ‎גֹּזְַזֶיהָ‎ Isa 53:7 — shear sheep (object ‎צאֹן‎) Gen 31:19; Gen 38:13; Deut 15:19; 1Sam 25:2; 1Sam 25:4 compare Participle shearer (with ‎צאן‎) Gen 38:12, also ‎גֹּזְַזֶיהָ‎ (i.e. ‎רָחֵל‎) Isa 53:7 absolute = sheep-shearer, 1Sam 25:7; 1Sam 25:11; 2Sam 13:23; 2Sam 13:24 object man's head (‎ראשׁוֺ‎) Job 1:20 of a woman's (figurative of Israel) Mic 1:16 (no object; || ‎קרחי‎), (figurative of Jerusalem) Jer 7:29 (object ‎נֵזֶר‎ q. v.) Niph`al ‎נָגוֺ֫זּוּ‎ be cut off (= destroyed) of Assyrians Nah 1:12.

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