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title: גֵּוָה — pride · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: גֵּוָה (lemma:גֵּוָה), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: pride. BDB 1906: n.f. pride. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גֵּוָה

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«גֵּוָה» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **pride** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:גֵּוָה · **BDB:** גֵּוָה

### Glosses

pride (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pride [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b5_5bc_5d5_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. pride [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b5_5bc_5d5_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. pride (𝔗 גֵּיוָה; BH גֵּאָה; cf.K§ 55, 1 (but also 6 a));—abs. בְּג׳ Dn 4:34 in pride.

### Jastrow 1903

גֵּיוָה: pride [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b5_5bc_5d5_5b8_5d4/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** pride. Targ. Is. III, 24 מהלכן בג׳ (h. text פתיגיל!).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גֵּוָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b5_5bc_5d5_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 4:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.34/)

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כְּעַ֞ן אֲנָ֣ה נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֗ר מְשַׁבַּ֨ח וּמְרוֹמֵ֤ם וּמְהַדַּר֙ לְמֶ֣לֶךְ שְׁמַיָּ֔א דִּ֤י כָל־מַעֲבָד֙וֹהִי֙ קְשֹׁ֔ט וְאֹרְחָתֵ֖הּ דִּ֑ין וְדִי֙ מַהְלְכִ֣ין בְּגֵוָ֔ה יָכִ֖ל לְהַשְׁפָּלָֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* now I Nebuchadnezzar \[am\].praising and.\[am\] lifting.up and.\[am\] glorifying (et).the king of the.heavens that all deeds his \[are\].truth and ways his \[are\].justice and.\[those\] who \[are\].walking in pride \[he.is\].able to bring.low

*JPS 1917:* Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven; for all His works are truth, and His ways justice; and those that walk in pride He is able to abase.'

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