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title: גֹּבַהּ — height · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גֹּבַהּ (1363), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: height. BDB 1906: n.m. height. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גֹּבַהּ

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«גֹּבַהּ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **height** — 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 1363 · **BDB:** גֹּ֫בַהּ

### Glosses

height (9); haughtiness (2); \[the\].height (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

height [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1363/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. height [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1363/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. height—Jb 22:12 + 9 times; sf. גָּבְהוֹ 1 S 17:4 + 5 times; pl. cstr. גָּבְהֵי Jb 11:8;— height, of buildings and trees Ez 1:18; 19:11; 31:10, 14; 40:42; 41:8 2 Ch 3:4 Am 2:9; prob. also Ez 43:13 (of altar), so 𝔊 Ew Co for MT גַּב (q.v.); of man 1 S 17:4; heaven Jb 11:8; 22:12 (גבה cstr. SI6 of rock). exaltation, grandeur Jb 40:10. haughtiness, Je 48:29; גּ׳ אַף ψ 10:4; גּ׳־לִבּוֹ 2 Ch 32:26; גּ׳ רוּחַ Pr 16:18.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 1 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 «גֹּבַהּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1363/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 11:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.8/)

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גָּבְהֵ֣י שָׁ֭מַיִם מַה־תִּפְעָ֑ל עֲמֻקָּ֥ה מִ֝שְּׁא֗וֹל מַה־תֵּדָֽע׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].heights of.\[the\].heavens what? will.you.do deep more than.Sheol what? will.you.know

*JPS 1917:* It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than the nether-world; what canst thou know?

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[Job 40:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.40.10/)

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עֲדֵ֥ה נָ֣א גָֽא֣וֹןוָגֹ֑בַהּ וְה֖וֹד וְהָדָ֣ר תִּלְבָּֽשׁ׃

*Word for word:* adorn.yourself please majesty and dignity and glory and honor you.will.be.clothed

*JPS 1917:* Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency, and array thyself with glory and beauty.

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