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title: גֵּוָה — pride · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גֵּוָה (1466), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: pride. BDB 1906: n.f. pride. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גֵּוָה

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«גֵּוָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pride** — 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:** 1466 · **BDB:** גֵּוָה

### Glosses

pride (2); up! (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pride [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1466/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. pride [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1466/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. pride (contr. for גַּאֲוָה Ew § 62 b, 73 b cf. Aramaic Dn 4:34 \& 𝔗)— pride Jb 33:17 Je 13:17. lifting up Jb 22:29 an exclamation, up! Ew Di De al.; but pride Hi Dr§ 154 n. (ed. 3).

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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 (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/1490/1466/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 22:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.29/)

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כִּֽי־הִ֭שְׁפִּילוּ וַתֹּ֣אמֶר גֵּוָ֑ה וְשַׁ֖ח עֵינַ֣יִם יוֹשִֽׁעַ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) people.brought.low and you.said up! and.\[the\] lowly of.eyes he.will.save

*JPS 1917:* When they cast thee down, thou shalt say: 'There is lifting up'; for the humble person He saveth.

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[Job 33:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.33.17/)

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לְ֭הָסִיר אָדָ֣ם מַעֲשֶׂ֑ה וְגֵוָ֖ה מִגֶּ֣בֶר יְכַסֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* to turn.aside a.person a.deed and pride from a.man he.will.cover

*JPS 1917:* That men may put away their purpose, and that He may hide pride from man;

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