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title: גַּב — back · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גַּב (1354), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: back. BDB 1906: n.m. back. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גַּב

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«גַּב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **back** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 1354 · **BDB:** גַּב²

### Glosses

rims (3); mound (2); \[is\].the.mound (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

back [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1354/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. back [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1354/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m.? cf. Ez 43:13 (f. Ez 1:18) anything convex, curved, gibbous, e.g. back, chiefly late;—abs. גָּ֑ב Ez 16:24; cstr. גַּב Ez 43:13 (read גֹּבַהּ 𝔊 Ew Sm Co); sf. גַּבִּי ψ 129:3, גַּבֵּךְ Ez 16:31, 39; pl. cstr. גַּבֹּת Lv 14:9, גַּבֵּי Jb 13:12; 15:26; sf. גַּבֵּיהֶם 1 K 7:33, גַּבֵּהֶם Ez 10:12, גַּבֵּיהֶן Ez 1:18, גַּבֹּתָם Ez 1:18;— back, of man (fig. of Isr.) ψ 129:3; appar. of cherubim Ez 10:12, but Hi Sm emend v. so that גּ׳ ref. to wheels, rim v. 6 infr. mound, for illicit worship Ez 16:24, 34, 39 (all ‖ רמה); 𝔊 𝔙 lupanar, brothel, after analogy of fornix, but this without sufficient proof, \& needless. boss, or convex projection, of shield Jb 15:26 (fig.) he runneth against him … with the stout bosses of his shields (i.e. wicked against י׳); so ظهر in Arabic in similar phrase; cf. also Arabic جَوْبٌ, shield; also French bouclier from boucle. bulwarks, breastworks, fig. for arguments לְגַבֵּי־חֹמֶר גַּבֵּיכֶם Jb 13:12 breastworks of clay are your breastworks. brow, only גַּבֹּת עֵינָיו Lv 14:9 his eyebrows. rim of wheel, felloe 1 K 7:33; Ez 1:18(×2); so perhaps 10:12 v. 1 supr.—Ez 43:13; elevation, i.e. basement of altar, Da after MT., but v. גֹּבַהּ, cf. supr.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (17 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גַּב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1354/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 129:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.129.3/)

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עַל־גַּ֭בִּי חָרְשׁ֣וּ חֹרְשִׁ֑ים הֶ֝אֱרִ֗יכוּ לְמַעֲנִיתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* on back my they.have.plowed plowmen they.have.made.long (to) furrows their

*JPS 1917:* The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.

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[Job 15:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.26/)

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יָר֣וּץ אֵלָ֣יו בְּצַוָּ֑אר בַּ֝עֲבִ֗י גַּבֵּ֥י מָֽגִנָּֽיו׃

*Word for word:* he.runs against him with a.neck with the.thickness of.the.bosses his.shields his

*JPS 1917:* He runneth upon him with a stiff neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers.

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