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title: גֵּוָה — back · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גֵּוָה (1465), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: back. BDB 1906: n.f. back. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גֵּוָה

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«גֵּוָה» 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 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 1465 · **BDB:** גֵּוָה³

### Glosses

back (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

back [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1465/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. back [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1465/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. back—(so also Di Hoffm SS; 𝔊 Thes De AV RV body = גְּוִיָּה, cf. BaZMG 1887, 605) Jb 20:25 וַיֵּצֵא מִגֵּוָה it comes out from the back (of arrow which has struck a fugitive, and is then extracted; Hoffm reads מִגֵּוֹה).—i. גֵּוָה sub גאה.

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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 (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גֵּוָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1465/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 20:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.20.25/)

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שָׁלַף֮ וַיֵּצֵ֪א מִגֵּ֫וָ֥ה וּ֭בָרָק מִֽמְּרֹרָת֥וֹ יַהֲלֹ֗ךְ עָלָ֥יו אֵמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* he.will.draw.\[it\].out and it.came.out from.\[the\] back and lightning from gall-bladder his it.will.come \[are\].on him terrors

*JPS 1917:* He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall; terrors are upon him.

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