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H1615 גִּר (gir) gheer
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

perhaps from 3564; lime (from being burned in a kiln)

KJV Usage: chalk(-stone)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

גִּר (gir) — chalk. chalk, lime Aramaic equivalent: gir (גִּיר "plaster" H1528)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m

Stone

chalk = a white soft earthy limestone, formed from the skeletal remains of sea creatures

ISA 27:9

Matthew P. Anstey

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

גִּר n.[m.] chalk, lime Is 27:9. ref

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