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title: גָּוַע — expire · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּוַע (1478), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 24 times: expire. BDB 1906: vb. expire, perish, die. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּוַע

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«גָּוַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **expire** — 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:** 24 times · **Key:** 1478 · **BDB:** גָּוַע

### Glosses

he.expired (5); I.will.expire (3); I.expired (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

expire [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1478/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. expire, perish, die [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1478/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. expire, perish, die (cf. Arabic جَاعَ be empty, hungry)— Pf. גָּוַע Nu 20:29 Jos 22:20, גָּוָ֑עוּ La 1:19, גָּוַעְנוּ Nu 17:27; 20:3; Impf. יִגְוַע Jb 34:15, יִגְוָ֑ע Gn 6:17, יִגְוְעוּ Jb 36:12, יִגְוָ֑עוּ Zc 13:8, יִגְוָע֑וּן ψ 104:29 etc.; Inf. cstr. גְּוַע Nu 20:3, גְּוֹעַ Nu 17:28; Pt. גֹּוֵעַ ψ 88:16;—expire and die, only P \& poet.; נ׳ וימת Gn 25:8, 17; 35:29 (all P); ‖ מות Jb 3:11; 14:10 cf. Nu 17:28 (P); ‖ אבד Nu 17:27 we expire, we perish (P); ‖ עָנִי ψ 88:16 (progressive parall.) distressed and about to die; ‖ יאסף אל אבותיו Gn 49:33; ‖ על־עפר ישׁוב Jb 34:15 cf. ψ 104:29; ‖ יִכָּֽרְתוּ Zc 13:8; abs. both prose and (especially) poetry Nu 20:3(×2), 29 Jos 22:20 Gn 6:17; 7:21 (all P) Jb 10:18; 13:19; 27:5; 36:12 La 1:19; Jb 29:18 עִם־קִנִּי אגוע with my nest shall I die, i.e. in full possession of what is mine, cf. Di.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 23 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 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 «גָּוַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1478/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 34:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.34.15/)

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יִגְוַ֣ע כָּל־בָּשָׂ֣ר יָ֑חַד וְ֝אָדָ֗ם עַל־עָפָ֥ר יָשֽׁוּב׃

*Word for word:* it.will.expire all flesh together and humankind to dust it.will.return

*JPS 1917:* All flesh shall perish together, and man shall return unto dust.

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[Job 13:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.13.19/)

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מִי־ה֭וּא יָרִ֣יב עִמָּדִ֑י כִּֽי־עַתָּ֖ה אַחֲרִ֣ישׁ וְאֶגְוָֽע׃

*Word for word:* who? that will.he.conduct.a.case with me (dm) now I.will.keep.silent and I.will.expire

*JPS 1917:* Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and die.

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