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title: גֵּא — proud · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גֵּא (1341), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: proud. BDB 1906: adj. proud. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גֵּא

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«גֵּא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **proud** — 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:** 1341 · **BDB:** גֵּא²

### Glosses

proud (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

proud [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1341/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. proud [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1341/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. proud, scribal error for גֵּאֶה Is 16:6 (as in Je 48:29).

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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 (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גֵּא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1341/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 16:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.16.6/)

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שָׁמַ֥עְנוּ גְאוֹן־מוֹאָ֖ב גֵּ֣א מְאֹ֑ד גַּאֲוָת֧וֹ וּגְאוֹנ֛וֹ וְעֶבְרָת֖וֹ לֹא־כֵ֥ן בַּדָּֽיו׃ס

*Word for word:* we.have.heard the.pride of.Moab proud very haughtiness its and pride its and arrogance its \[are\].not right boasts its.empty

*JPS 1917:* We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud; even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his arrogancy, his ill-founded boastings.

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