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It is often used in the context of shearing sheep, which was a common agricultural practice in ancient Israel. The term can also metaphorically imply cutting off or removing something, often in a decisive or complete manner.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Israel, sheep shearing was a significant agricultural activity, marking a time of harvest and celebration. It was a communal event that involved not only the physical act of shearing but also social gatherings and feasting. The process of shearing was essential for obtaining wool, a valuable commodity for clothing and trade. The metaphorical use of "gazah" to mean cutting off or removing something reflects the decisive nature of the action, often implying a form of judgment or separation.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. root<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to cut<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>took (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> [<font class="hebrew2">גָּזָה</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>cut</b></font>, (cut off, sever), √ of <font class="hebrew2">גָּזִית</font> (compare Talmud <font class="hebrew2">גְּזָא</font> <em>cut off</em>); hence perhaps <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Qal</b></font> <em>Participle active</em> suffix <font class="hebrew2">גּוֺזִי</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/71-6.htm">Psalm 71:6</a> thou art <em>he that severed me</em> from my mother's womb (De Che; <font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font> <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">σκεπαστής</font>, De proposes <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Εκσπαστής</font>, see <font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/22-10.htm">Psalm 22:10</a>; <font class="hebrew2">ᵑ9</font> <em>protector</em> compare <font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font>, Thes Ew Hup Pe <em>benefactor</em>, compare Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb015907.gif"> <em>requite</em>, Jerusalem Syriac <img src="/bdbgif/bdb015908.gif">, Talmud <font class="hebrew2">גְּזָא</font> <em>id.</em>); — text and meaning dubious; "" <a href="/interlinear/psalms/22-10.htm">Psalm 22:10</a> has <font class="hebrew2">גֹּחִי</font>; see Che<sup>critical note and OP 476</sup>; Du <font class="hebrew2">עֻזִּי</font>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>take <p>A primitive root (akin to <a href="/hebrew/1468.htm">guwz</a>); to cut off, i.e. Portion out -- take. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/1468.htm">guwz</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>גוֹזִ֑י גוזי ḡō·w·zî ḡōwzî goZi<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/psalms/71-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 71:6</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/71.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אִ֭מִּי אַתָּ֣ה <b> גוֹזִ֑י </b> בְּךָ֖ תְהִלָּתִ֣י</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/71.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> from [my] birth; <span class="itali">You are He who took</span> me from my mother's<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/71.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> from the womb: <span class="itali">thou art he that took</span> me out of my mother's<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/71-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> my mother's who <span class="itali">took</span> my praise is continually<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1491.htm">1 Occurrence</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1491.htm">Strong's Hebrew 1491<br>1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/gozi_1491.htm">ḡō·w·zî — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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