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title: גֵּהָה — healing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גֵּהָה (1456), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: healing. BDB 1906: n.f. healing, cure. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גֵּהָה

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«גֵּהָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **healing** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 1456 · **BDB:** גֵּהָה

### Glosses

healing (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

healing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1456/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. healing, cure [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1456/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. healing, cure—גֵּהָ֑ה Pr 17:22 לֵב שָׂמֵחַ יֵיטִיב ג׳ cf. Now.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גֵּהָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1456/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 17:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.17.22/)

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לֵ֣ב שָׂ֭מֵחַ יֵיטִ֣ב גֵּהָ֑ה וְר֥וּחַ נְ֝כֵאָ֗ה תְּיַבֶּשׁ־גָּֽרֶם׃

*Word for word:* a.heart joyful it.makes.good healing and a.spirit stricken it.dries.up \[the\].bone\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* A merry heart is a good medicine; but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

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