What does גְּדִי (gĕdiy) mean in the Bible?
גְּדִי (gĕdiy): Young goat valued for sacrifice and food; etymology emphasizes the animal's browsing behavior, distinguishing it from other young livestock
Hebrew · H1423
גְּדִי
A young goat (from browsing)
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גְּדִי H1423
Pronunciation gĕdiy
What does גְּדִי (gĕdiy) mean in the Bible?
גְּדִי (gĕdiy): Young goat valued for sacrifice and food; etymology emphasizes the animal's browsing behavior, distinguishing it from other young livestock
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H1423?
The BSB source-word alignment has 16 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a young goat (8), young goat (2), young goats (2), of the young (1), the goat (1).
Where does גְּדִי (gĕdiy) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 27:9. Its strongest book concentrations include Genesis (5), Judges (5), 1 Samuel (2), Exodus (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It a young goat 8× Genesis 38:17, Exodus 23:19, Exodus 34:26, Deuteronomy 14:21
young goat 2× Genesis 38:23, 1 Samuel 16:20
young goats 2× Genesis 27:9, 1 Samuel 10:3
of the young 1× Genesis 27:16
the goat 1× Isaiah 11:6
the young goat 1× Genesis 38:20
took 1× Judges 15:1
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 27:9 גְּדָיֵ֥י to young goats Noun - masculine plural construct Genesis 27:16 גְּדָיֵ֣י to of the young Noun - masculine plural construct Genesis 38:17 גְּדִֽי־ to a young goat Noun - masculine singular construct Genesis 38:20 גְּדִ֣י to the young goat Noun - masculine singular construct Genesis 38:23 הַגְּדִ֣י to young goat Article | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 23:19 גְּדִ֖י to a young goat Noun - masculine singular Exodus 34:26 גְּדִ֖י to a young goat Noun - masculine singular Deuteronomy 14:21 גְּדִ֖י to a young goat Noun - masculine singular Judges 6:19 גְּדִֽי־ to a young goat Noun - masculine singular construct Judges 13:15 גְּדִ֥י to a young goat Noun - masculine singular construct
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 27:9
Aligned rows 16
Books represented 6
Genesis 5 Exodus 2 Deuteronomy 1 Judges 5 1 Samuel 2 Isaiah 1
Source forms
גְּדִ֖י 3x gə·ḏî Exodus 23:19, Exodus 34:26, Deuteronomy 14:21
גְּדִ֣י 2x gə·ḏî Genesis 38:20, Isaiah 11:6
גְּדִֽי־ 2x gə·ḏî- Genesis 38:17, Judges 6:19
בִּגְדִ֣י 1x biḡ·ḏî Judges 15:1
גְּדִ֥י 1x gə·ḏî Judges 13:15
גְּדִ֤י 1x gə·ḏî Judges 13:19
גְּדָיֵ֥י 1x gə·ḏā·yê Genesis 27:9
גְּדָיֵ֣י 1x gə·ḏā·yê Genesis 27:16
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular construct 5x Genesis 38:17, Genesis 38:20, Judges 6:19, Judges 13:15
Noun - masculine singular 4x Exodus 23:19, Exodus 34:26, Deuteronomy 14:21, Isaiah 11:6
Article | Noun - masculine singular 2x Genesis 38:23, Judges 14:6
Noun - masculine plural construct 2x Genesis 27:9, Genesis 27:16
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct 1x 1 Samuel 16:20
Noun - masculine plural 1x 1 Samuel 10:3
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct 1x Judges 15:1
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Young goat valued for sacrifice and food; etymology emphasizes the animal's browsing behavior, distinguishing it from other young livestock
Source Gloss
a young goat (from browsing)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Young goat valued for sacrifice and food; etymology emphasizes the animal's browsing behavior, distinguishing it from other young livestock
a young goat (from browsing) BDB: kid Usage: kid.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
גְּדִי is built from this root:
גָּדָה H1415
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain