--- title: גָּבַהּ — be high · The Tanakh dictionary description: גָּבַהּ (1361), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 34 times: be high. BDB 1906: vb. be high, exalted. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1361.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ג](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1490.md)‎ / גָּבַהּ‎ # גָּבַהּ «גָּבַהּ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be high** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 34 times · **Key:** 1361 · **BDB:** גָּבַהּ ### Glosses it.has.been.haughty (3); it.was.haughty (3); they.are.high (3) ### Meaning (OSHB) be high [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1361/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. be high, exalted [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1361/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. be high, exalted (NH id. (Hiph.), Aramaic גְּבַהּ, cf. Arabic جَبْهَةٌ forehead, جَبَةٌ prominence of forehead; compare perhaps also Assyrian gabâni, heights (?) LotzTP 133)— Pf. ג׳ 2 Ch 26:16 + 5 times; גָּֽבְהָא֯ Ez 31:5 (א = ה); גָּבַהְתָּ Ez 31:10, גָּֽבְהוּ Jb 35:5 + 3 times; Impf. יִגְבַּהּ Pr 18:12 + 5 times; sf. יִגְבְּהוּ Ez 31:14, יִגְבָּ֑הוּ Jb 36:7, תִּגְבָּ֑הוּ Je 13:15, תִּגְבְּהֶינָה Ez 16:50; Inf. כִּגְבֹהַּ ψ 103:11, לְגָבְהָה Zp 3:11;— be high, lofty, tall, e.g. tree Ez 19:11; 31:5, 10, 14, heavens Jb 35:5 Is 55:9 ψ 103:11, man 1 S 10:23. be exalted, of man in dignity and honour Jb 36:7, of servant of Yahweh Is 52:13, God Is 5:16, God’s ways Is 55:9. lofty גָּבַהּ לִבּוֹ:— in a good sense, encouraged in the ways of Yahweh 2 Ch 17:6; elsewhere in a bad sense, be haughty ψ 131:1 Pr 18:12 2 Ch 26:16; 32:25 Ez 28:2, 5, 17, and so without לב Is 3:16 Je 13:15 Ez 16:50 Zp 3:11. Pf. הִגְבַּהְתִּי Ez 17:24; Impf. יַגְבִּיהַּ Jb 39:27 Je 49:16 Ob 4; וַיַּגְבִּיהֶהָ 2 Ch 33:14; יַגְבִּיהוּ Jb 5:7; Inf. הַגְבֵּהַּ Is 7:11 Ez 21:31; Pt. מַגְבִּיהַּ Pr 17:19 ψ 113:5;—make high, exalt, e.g. trees Ez 17:24, wall 2 Ch 33:14, gate Pr 17:19, nest Je 49:16 Ob 4, dwelling ψ 113:5 a request Is 7:11, the lowly Ez 21:31; יַגְבִּיהוּ עוּף make their flight high, soar aloft Jb 5:7, without עוף Jb 39:27. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 33 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 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 «גָּבַהּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1361/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Jeremiah 13:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.13.15/) שִׁמְע֥וּ וְהַאֲזִ֖ינוּ אַל־תִּגְבָּ֑הוּ כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה דִּבֵּֽר׃ *Word for word:* hear and give.ear do.not be.haughty (dm) Yahweh he.has.spoken *JPS 1917:* Hear ye, and give ear, be not proud; for the LORD hath spoken. [Psalms 113:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.113.5/) מִ֭י כַּיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ הַֽמַּגְבִּיהִ֥י לָשָֽׁבֶת׃ *Word for word:* who? \[is\].like Yahweh God our \[who\].makes high to sit *JPS 1917:* Who is like unto the LORD our God, that is enthroned on high, - ← previous: [גֵּבָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1357.md) - next →: [גָּבֹהַּ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1362.md) - ↑ back to [ג](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1490.md)