גרה

גֵּרָה • (gerá) f (singular construct גֵּרַת־, masculine counterpart גֵּר)

1. (Judaism) A female convert to Judaism.

• (convert to Judaism): גיורת

גֵּרָה • (gerá) f

1. Cud
   • Tanach, Leviticus 11:7, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וְאֶת־הַחֲזִיר כִּי־מַפְרִיס פַּרְסָה הוּא וְשֹׁסַע שֶׁסַע פַּרְסָה וְהוּא גֵּרָה לֹא־יִגָּר טָמֵא הוּא לָכֶם׃

     v-et ha-ḥazír ki mafrís parsá hu v-shosáʿ shésa parsá v-hu gerá lo yigár tamé hu lakhém.

     And the swine, because he parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you.

2. (historical currency): One-twentieth of a shekel
   • Tanach, Exodus 30:13, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     זֶה יִתְּנוּ כָּל־הָעֹבֵר עַל־הַפְּקֻדִים מַחֲצִית הַשֶּׁקֶל בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ עֶשְׂרִים גֵּרָה הַשֶּׁקֶל מַחֲצִית הַשֶּׁקֶל תְּרוּמָה לַיהוָה׃

     zeh yitnú kol ha-ʿovér ʿal ha-pqudím maḥatzít ha-shéqel b-shéqel ha-qódesh, ʿesrím gerá ha-shéqel maḥatzit ha-shéqel t'ruma l-Adonai.

     This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary—the shekel is twenty gerahs—half a shekel for an offering to the LORD.

• העלה גרה (heelá gerá, “ruminate”)

• “גרה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• H1625 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

גָּרָה • (gára) (pa'al construction)

1. Third-person feminine singular past (suffix conjugation) of גָּר (gár).

גָּרָה • (gará) (pa'al construction)

1. Feminine singular present participle and present tense of גָּר (gár).
   • Tanach, Exodus 3:22, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וְשָׁאֲלָה אִשָּׁה מִשְּׁכֶנְתָּהּ וּמִגָּרַת בֵּיתָהּ

     v'shaalá ishá mish'chentáh umigarát betáh

     but every woman shall ask of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house

גֵּרָה • (gerá) (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of גירה