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title: גֵּאֶה — proud · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גֵּאֶה (1343), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: proud. BDB 1906: adj. proud. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גֵּאֶה

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«גֵּאֶה» 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 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 8 times · **Key:** 1343 · **BDB:** גֵּאֶה

### Glosses

proud.\[people\] (3); proud.\[person\] (2); of.proud.\[people\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

proud [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1343/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. proud [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1343/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. proud, Jb 40:11, 12 Is 2:12 Je 48:29; pl. גֵּאִים ψ 94:2; 140:6 Pr 15:25; 16:19; cstr. גְּאֵי ψ 123:4 Qr גאי יונים (\> Kt גאייונים), yet cf. De al.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גֵּאֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1343/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 94:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.94.2/)

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הִ֭נָּשֵׂא שֹׁפֵ֣ט הָאָ֑רֶץ הָשֵׁ֥ב גְּ֝מ֗וּל עַל־גֵּאִֽים׃

*Word for word:* raise.yourself.up O.judge of the.earth repay recompense to proud.\[people\]

*JPS 1917:* Lift up Thyself, Thou Judge of the earth; render to the proud their recompense.

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[Proverbs 15:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.15.25/)

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בֵּ֣ית גֵּ֭אִים יִסַּ֥ח ׀ יְהוָ֑ה וְ֝יַצֵּ֗ב גְּב֣וּל אַלְמָנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].house of.proud.\[people\] he.tears.down Yahweh and he.will.establish \[the\].territory of.a.widow

*JPS 1917:* The LORD will pluck up the house of the proud; but He will establish the border of the widow.

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