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gāg גָּג ‘roof’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: probably by reduplication from gāʾā גָּאָה ‘to rise up’
Roots: גאה

gāg n, m
1) roof, top, housetop
 1a) roof (of house)
 1b) top (of altar of incense)

Mentioned in Exodus 30:3, 37:26 Deuteronomy 22:8 Joshua 2:6, 2:8 Judges 16:27, 9:51 1 Samuel 9:26, 9:25 2 Samuel 16:22, 18:24, 11:2 2 Kings 23:12, 19:26 Isaiah 22:1, 37:27, 15:3 Jeremiah 19:13, 32:29, 48:38 Ezekiel 40:13 Zephaniah 1:5 Psalms 102:8, 129:6 Proverbs 21:9, 25:24 Nehemiah 8:16

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