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gēw גֵּוAback, Bmidst’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from gāʾā גָּאָה ‘to rise up’ (corresponding to gav גַּב ‘back/rim/brow’)
Roots: גאה גב
Variants: גֵּו, גֵּו

gēw n, m
A1) the back, back
B1) midst

Mentioned in Isaiah 38:17, 51:23, 50:6 Proverbs 10:13, 19:29, 26:3 Job 30:5

2014 — 2026 Institute for Biblical Content. Biblical Hebrew for linguists: a multilingual analytical biblical Hebrew lexicon.
Editorial Lead of the English section: M. Hardy (ENS, IBC).
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