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title: גַּו — back · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גַּו (1458), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: back. BDB 1906: back. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גַּו

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«גַּו» in the Tanakh dictionary: **back** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 1458 · **BDB:** גַּו²

### Glosses

back (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

back [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1458/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

back [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1458/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] back—only sf. גַּוֶּ֑ךָ 1 K 14:9, גַּוֵּ֑ךְ Ez 23:35, גַּוָּם Ne 9:26;—always הִשְׁלִיךְ אַחֲרֵי ג׳ cast behind the back, i.e. put out of mind, ignore, reject י׳ 1 K 14:9 Ez 23:35, and his law Ne 9:26.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גַּו» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1458/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 23:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.35/)

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לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה יַ֚עַן שָׁכַ֣חַתְּ אוֹתִ֔י וַתַּשְׁלִ֥יכִי אוֹתִ֖י אַחֲרֵ֣י גַוֵּ֑ךְ וְגַם־אַ֛תְּ שְׂאִ֥י זִמָּתֵ֖ךְ וְאֶת־תַּזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃ס

*Word for word:* therefore thus he.says Lord \[the\] Yahweh because you.have.forgotten me and you.have.thrown me behind back your and also you bear licentiousness your and (et) prostitution(s) your

*JPS 1917:* Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Because thou hast forgotten Me, and cast Me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy harlotries.'

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[1 Kings 14:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.14.9/)

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וַתָּ֣רַע לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת מִכֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁר־הָי֣וּ לְפָנֶ֑יךָ וַתֵּ֡לֶךְ וַתַּעֲשֶׂה־לְּךָ֩ אֱלֹהִ֨ים אֲחֵרִ֤ים וּמַסֵּכוֹת֙ לְהַכְעִיסֵ֔נִי וְאֹתִ֥י הִשְׁלַ֖כְתָּ אַחֲרֵ֥י גַוֶּֽךָ׃ס

*Word for word:* and you.have.done.evil to act more than.all \[those\].who they.were before you and you.have.gone and you.have.made for yourself gods other and molten.images to provoke me.to.anger and me you.have.thrown behind back your

*JPS 1917:* but hast done evil above all that were before thee, and hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke Me, and hast cast Me behind thy back;

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