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title: גָּבֹהַּ — high · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּבֹהַּ (1362), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: high. BDB 1906: adj. high, exalted. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּבֹהַּ

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«גָּבֹהַּ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **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.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 1362 · **BDB:** גָּבֹהַּ

### Glosses

\[a.person\].haughty (1); \[person\].haughty (1); tall (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

high [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1362/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. high, exalted [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1362/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. high, exalted—1 S 9:2 + 15 times; גָּבוֹהַּ ψ 138:6; cstr. גְּבֹהַּ 1 S 16:7; גְּבַהּ (Ew§ 213 d) ψ 101:5 + 3 times; pl. גְּבֹהִים Ec 5:7 + 5 times; f. גְּבֹהָה Dt 3:5 + 6 times; pl. גְּבֹהוֹת Dn 8:3 + 2 times; גְּבֹהֹת Dt 28:52;— high, lofty, tall, e.g. Ez 17:24, tower Is 2:15 Zp 1:16, mountain Gn 7:19 ψ 104:18 Is 40:9; 57:7 Ez 17:22; 40:2; cf. phrases על כל גבעה גבהה upon every high hill 1 K 14:23 2 K 17:10 Je 2:20; על גבעות הגבהות Je 17:2; עַל־כָּל־הַר גָּבֹהַּ Is 30:25 Je 3:6; man 1 S 9:2; tree גְּבַהּ קוֹמָה Ez 31:3; horns Dn 8:3; walls Dt 3:5; 28:52; gallows Est 5:14; 7:9; gate Je 51:58; altar Ez 41:22; high things Jb 41:26 Ec 12:5. exalted in station Ez 21:31; כִּי גָּבֹהַּ מֵעַל גָּבֹהַּ שֹׁמֵר וּגְבֹהִים עֲלֵיהֶם for high one above high one is watching, \& the Most High over them Ec 5:7 so Ew Zö al., but Vrss De Now al. higher (earthly), potentates over them. haughty ψ 138:6 Is 5:15; 10:33 1 S 2:3; גְּבַהּ־עֵינַיִם ψ 101:5; ג׳ לֵב Pr 16:5; ג׳ רוּחַ Ec 7:8. n.\[m.\] loftiness, גְּבֹהַּ קוֹמָתוֹ 1 S 16:7; cf. גָּדוֹל 10, p. 153.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (5 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 «גָּבֹהַּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1362/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 16:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.16.5/)

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תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה כָּל־גְּבַהּ־לֵ֑ב יָ֥ד לְ֝יָ֗ד לֹ֣א יִנָּקֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].(the).abomination of.Yahweh every \[person\].haughty of.heart hand to hand not he.will.go.unpunished

*JPS 1917:* Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD; my hand upon it! he shall not be unpunished.

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[Ecclesiastes 7:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.7.8/)

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ט֛וֹב אַחֲרִ֥ית דָּבָ֖ר מֵֽרֵאשִׁית֑וֹ ט֥וֹב אֶֽרֶךְ־ר֖וּחַ מִגְּבַהּ־רֽוּחַ׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].good \[the\].end of.a.matter more than its.beginning \[is\].good a.\[person\].long of.spirit more than.a.\[person\].haughty of.spirit

*JPS 1917:* Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

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