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gāvah גָּבַהּ ‘to exult’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

gāvah v
1) to be high, be exalted
 1a) (Qal)
  1a1) to be high, lofty, tall
  1a2) to be exalted
  1a3) to be lofty
1a3a) to be lofty (of Jehovah's ways-good sense)
1a3b) to be haughty, be arrogant (bad sense)
 1b) (Hiphil) to make high, exalt

Mentioned in 1 Samuel 10:23 Isaiah 7:11, 5:16, 3:16, 55:9, 52:13 Jeremiah 13:15, 49:16 Ezekiel 28:2, 31:14, 21:31, 31:10, 19:11, 17:24, 31:5, 28:17, 16:50, 28:5 Obadiah 1:4 Zephaniah 3:11 Psalms 113:5, 103:11, 131:1 Proverbs 17:19, 18:12 Job 5:7, 39:27, 36:7, 35:5 2 Chronicles 33:14, 26:16, 17:6, 32:25

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