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title: גֵּו — back · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גֵּו (1460), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: back. BDB 1906: back. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גֵּו

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«גֵּו» 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 1460 · **BDB:** גֵּו

### Glosses

back (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

back [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1460/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

back [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1460/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] back—גֵּו abs. not found, cstr. Pr 10:13 + 2 times, sf. גֵּוִי Is 50:6, גֵּוְךָ Is 38:17, גֵּוֵךְ 51:23;—back, as beaten, lashed Pr 10:13; 19:29; 26:3 cf. Is 50:6; in phr. הִשְׁלִיךְ אַחֲרֵי ג׳ (as גַּו) Is 38:17, of Yahweh’s casting sins of penitent behind his back, putting them out of mind; as trodden upon Is 51:23, fig. of extreme humiliation.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 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 «גֵּו» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1460/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 19:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.19.29/)

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נָכ֣וֹנוּ לַלֵּצִ֣ים שְׁפָטִ֑ים וּ֝מַהֲלֻמ֗וֹת לְגֵ֣ו כְּסִילִֽים׃

*Word for word:* they.are.prepared for (the) mockers judgments and beatings for.\[the\] back of.fools

*JPS 1917:* Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

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[Proverbs 10:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.13/)

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בְּשִׂפְתֵ֣י נָ֭בוֹן תִּמָּצֵ֣א חָכְמָ֑ה וְ֝שֵׁ֗בֶט לְגֵ֣ו חֲסַר־לֵֽב׃

*Word for word:* on.\[the\] lips of.\[one.who\].has.understanding it.is.found wisdom and a.rod \[is\].for.\[the\] back of.\[one\].lacking of.heart

*JPS 1917:* In the lips of him that hath discernment wisdom is found; but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

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