Lexical Definition

‎גָּרַר‎ gârar (gaw-rar') to drag/chew/saw ^H:V
a primitive root

catch, chew, [idiom] continuing, destroy, saw.

• to drag off roughly
• by implication, to bring up the cud (i.e. ruminate)
• by analogy, to saw

1) to drag, drag away
1a) (Qal) to drag away
1b) (Niphal) to chew the cud
1c) (Poal) sawn (participle)
1d) (Hithpoel) roaring (participle)

See Greek: ἀνάγω · ἑλκύω · στρέφω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎גָּרַר‎] verb drag, drag away (Late Hebrew id., Arabic Aramaic ‎גְּרַר‎, ; Assyrian garâru, run, Zim^{BP 102}; etc.) —

Qal Imperfect suffix ‎יְנֹרֵהוּ‎ Hab 1:15, ‎יְגוֺרֵם‎ Prov 21:7 — drag away, fishes in net, figurative Hab 1:15 (Chaldeans, their opponents); violence, the wicked Prov 21:7. Niph`al (read Qal ? Samaritan ‎יָגוֺר‎ compare Di) Imperfect ‎יִגָּ֑ר‎ Lev 11:7 with accusative of congnate meaning with verb ‎גֵּרָה לֹאיִֿגָּ֑ר‎ = (the) cud he cheweth not, compare also Deut 14:8 ⅏ ᵐ5 (Di). Po`al Participle (denominative; so Late Hebrew Qal & Niph`al) ‎מִגֹרָרוֺת‎ ‎בַּמְּגֵרָה‎ 1Kgs 7:9 sawn with the saw. Hithpo`el ‎סַעַר מִתְגּוֺרֵ֑ר‎ Jer 36:23 a (sweeping) roaring whirlwind (|| Jer 23:19 has ‎מִתְחוֺלֵל‎). On ‎יִתְגּוֺרָרוּ‎ Hos 7:14, see I. ‎גור‎, ‎גדד‎.

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