Hor-hagidgad — the meaning of the Hebrew name חֹר הַגִּדְגָּד

חֹר הַגִּדְגָּד

Chôr hag-Gidgâd · pronounced khore hag-ghid-gawd' · Strong's H2735 · a place

Hor-hagidgad means hole of the cleft.

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חוֹר chôwr (from, H2356) — a cavity, socket, den open in the lexicon ›

גֻּדְגֹּדָה Gudgôdâh (masculine form of, H1412) — Gudgodah, a place in the Desert open in the lexicon ›

from H2356 and a collateral (masculine) form of H1412, with the article interposed; hole of the cleft; Chor-hag-Gidgad, a place in the Desert.

Num 33:32 And they removed from Bene–jaakan, and encamped at Hor–hagidgad. (KJV)

2 occurrences in 2 verses — Numbers

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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