BDB1783 [H1650]

גְּשׁוּר proper name, masculine (bridge ? or land of bridges ? compare Wetzst^{Hauran, 82}).

1. of people, = הַגְּשׁוּרִי Josh 13:13 compare 1Chr 2:23.

2. of land מֶלֶךְ גְּשׁוּר 2Sam 3:3; 2Sam 13:37 compare v2Sam 13:38 (but text in disorder compare ᵐ5 We Dr) 2Sam 14:32; 2Sam 15:8 בַּאֲרָם ׳בִּגְ 1Chr 3:2, גְּשׁ֫וּרָה 2Sam 14:23 a territory east of the upper Jordan, exact limits unknown; according to Guthe^{ZPV xii. 1889, 232 f.} between Gilead and Hermon, in Jaulân; according to Furrer^{ib. xiii. 1890, 198} = the Ledjah, district east of Jaulân, with town Jisre; against him Guthe^{ib. 285 f}.

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