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title: גָּאָה — rise up · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּאָה (1342), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: rise up. BDB 1906: vb. rise up. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּאָה

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«גָּאָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **rise up** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** 1342 · **BDB:** גָּאָה

### Glosses

he.is.exalted (2); highly.(exalted) (2); it.grow.tall? (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rise up [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1342/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. rise up [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1342/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. rise up (Aramaic Pe. (𝔗 1 S 2:5) \& often Ethiopic אֶתְגָּאֵי, ܐܶܬܓܰܠܻܝ be boastful, proud, cf. also NH)— Pf. ג׳ Ex 15:1, 21, גָּאוּ Ez 47:5; Impf. יִגְאֶה Jb 8:11; 10:16, Inf. abs. גָּאֹה Ex 15:1, 21;— rise up, of waters Ez 47:5. grow up, of plants Jb 8:11. be lifted up, exalted, of head Jb 10:16, of י׳ in triumph Ex 15:1, 21.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גָּאָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1342/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 8:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.11/)

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הֲיִֽגְאֶה־גֹּ֭מֶא בְּלֹ֣א בִצָּ֑ה יִשְׂגֶּה־אָ֥חוּ בְלִי־מָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* will it.grow.tall? papyrus with not swamp will.it.grow? reed\[s\] not water

*JPS 1917:* Can the rush shoot up without mire? Can the reed-grass grow without water?

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[Job 10:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.10.16/)

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וְ֭יִגְאֶה כַּשַּׁ֣חַל תְּצוּדֵ֑נִי וְ֝תָשֹׁ֗ב תִּתְפַּלָּא־בִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and it.rises.up like (the) lion you hunt.me and you.return you.show.yourself.wonderful on me

*JPS 1917:* And if it exalt itself, Thou huntest me as a lion; and again Thou showest Thyself marvellous upon me.

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