Lexical Definition

‎גָּרַע‎ gâraʻ (gaw-rah') to dimish ^H:V
a primitive root

abate, clip, (di-) minish, do (take) away, keep back, restrain, make small, withdraw.

• to scrape off
• by implication, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold

1) to diminish, restrain, withdraw, abate, keep back, do away, take from, clip
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to diminish
1a2) to restrain
1a3) to withdraw
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be withdrawn
1b2) to be restrained
1c) (Piel) to withdraw, draw up

See Greek: ἀπολείπω · ἀποστερέω · ἀπωθέομαι · ἀφαιρέω · ἀφικνέομαι · ἐξαίρω · ἐξαλείφω · ξυράω · συντελέω · ὑστερέω

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[‎גָּרַע‎] verb diminish, restrain, withdraw (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic ‎גְּרַע‎ shave head, etc.; compare swallow) —

Qal Imperfect ‎יִגְרַע‎ Job 36:7, ‎יִגְרָ֑ע‎ Exod 21:10 2 masculine singular ‎תִּגְרַע‎ Deut 13:1* + 3 t.; ‎אֶגְרַע‎ Ezek 5:11 (but compare below), ‎וָאֶגְרַע‎ Ezek 16:27 ‎תִּגְרְעוּ‎ Exod 5:8 + 2 t.; Infinitive ‎לִגְרֹעַ‎ Eccl 3:14 Participle ‎גְּרוּעָה‎ Isa 15:2 (so Baer; v. d. H. ‎גְּדוּעָה‎ see ‎גדע‎), ‎גְּרֻעָה‎ Jer 48:37 —

1. diminish, usually followed by ‎מִן‎ Exod 5:8; Exod 5:19 (the tale of bricks), Deut 4:2; Deut 13:1* (in both, word of ‎׳‎‎י‎; opposed to ‎הוסיף‎) compare Eccl 3:14, and also Jer 26:2 (with accusative); with accusative also Exod 21:10 (food etc.) compare Ezek 16:27 Passive participle diminished, clipped, of beard, Jer 48:37 and Isa 15:2 (so Baer, rightly, compare his note and see ‎גדע‎).

2. restrain Job 15:4 (with accusative ‎שִׂיחָה‎ meditation, devotion), Job 15:8 (with accusative ‎חָכְמָה‎, followed by ‎אֵלֶיךָ‎, i.e. unto, for thyself, monopolize; De Di Da render draw unto thyself, appropriate; Schult. compare Arabic swallow, compare Ew saugst zu dir ein Weisheit).

3. withdraw Job 36:7 (object ‎עַיִן‎, eye, followed by ‎מִן‎); Ezek 5:11 absolute (si vera lectio); Co. reads ‎אֶתְגָּרֶה‎, for ‎אֶגְרַע‎, on internal grounds; others: withdraw (thy needs) Sm (compare Ezek 16:27); withdraw (mine eye) Ges Ke. Niph`al Perfect ‎וְנִגְרַע‎ consecutive Lev 27:18 ‎וְנִגְרְעָה‎ Num 36:3 Imperfect ‎יִגָּרַע‎ Num 27:4; Num 36:4, ‎יִגָּרֵ֑עַ‎ Num 36:3 1 plural ‎נִגָּרַע‎ Num 9:7 Participle ‎נִגְרָע‎ Exod 5:11 —

1. be withdrawn with ‎מִן‎ Num 36:3 (twice in verse); Num 36:4 (inheritance, ‎נחלה‎); Num 27:4 a name out of a family; Exod 5:11 (‎מֵעֲבֹדַתְכֶם דָּבָר‎); impersonal Lev 27:18 (abatement shall be made).

2. be restrained followed by infinitive Num 9:7. Pi`el Imperfect ‎יְגָרַע‎ Job 36:27 withdraw = draw up with accusative ‎נִטְפֵימָֿ֑יִם‎ compare Di (on other hand, De and others draw down, let down).

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