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title: גַּבְהוּת — haughtiness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גַּבְהוּת (1365), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: haughtiness. BDB 1906: n.f. haughtiness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גַּבְהוּת

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«גַּבְהוּת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **haughtiness** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 1365 · **BDB:** גַּבְהוּת

### Glosses

of.pride (1); the.pride (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

haughtiness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1365/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. haughtiness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1365/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. haughtiness, Is 2:11, 17.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גַּבְהוּת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1365/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 2:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.2.11/)

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עֵינֵ֞י גַּבְה֤וּת אָדָם֙ שָׁפֵ֔ל וְשַׁ֖ח ר֣וּם אֲנָשִׁ֑ים וְנִשְׂגַּ֧ב יְהוָ֛ה לְבַדּ֖וֹ בַּיּ֥וֹם הַהֽוּא׃ס

*Word for word:* eyes of.pride of.a.person it.will.become.low and it.will.be.humbled \[the\].haughtiness of.people and he.will.be.exalted Yahweh he alone in the day (the) that

*JPS 1917:* The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

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[Isaiah 2:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.2.17/)

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וְשַׁח֙ גַּבְה֣וּת הָאָדָ֔ם וְשָׁפֵ֖ל ר֣וּם אֲנָשִׁ֑ים וְנִשְׂגַּ֧ב יְהוָ֛ה לְבַדּ֖וֹ בַּיּ֥וֹם הַהֽוּא׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.be.humbled the.pride of.(the) humankind and it.will.become.low \[the\].haughtiness of.people and he.will.be.exalted Yahweh he alone in the day (the) that

*JPS 1917:* And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

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