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title: גִּיחַ — burst forth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גִּיחַ (1518), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: burst forth. BDB 1906: vb. burst forth Hi. Hi. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גִּיחַ

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«גִּיחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **burst forth** — 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:** 1518 · **BDB:** גִּיחַ

### Glosses

\[was\].bursting.forth (1); \[were\].drawing (1); burst.forth (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

burst forth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1518/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. burst forth Hi. Hi [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1518/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. burst forth (cf. NöZMG 1883, 538; NH id., Aramaic id., and ܓܳܚ; Ethiopic ጎሐ break forth, of light, etc.)— impf. יָגִיחַ Jb 40:23, 2 ms. וַתָּ֫גַח Ez 32:2; Imv. fs. גֹּ֫חִי Mi 4:10; Inf. sf. (בְּ)גִיחוֹ Jb 38:8; Pt. sf. גֹּחִ֫י ψ 22:10 (but cf. infr.);— intrans. burst forth, of dashing river (a very Jordan) Jb 40:23; of sea fig. as babe from womb Jb 38:8; trans. draw forth from womb (subj. י׳) ψ 22:10 (where read גָּחִ֫י pt. from גּוּחַ, or regard גֹּחִי as metapl., as if from גחה? v. De \& Checrit. note) cf. ψ 71:6; also thrust forth, bring forth, fig. of travail, applied to Jerusalem in distress Mi 4:10 (cf. Sta§ 599 b Köf. 505); burst forth with rivers (fig. of Pharaoh under image of תַּנִּים) Ez 32:2, but for בנהרותיך (rivers) read prob. בִּנְהִרוֹתֶיךָ Jb 41:12 (nostrils), i.e. snort with thy nostrils, so Ew Co Hi. rather ‘break forth (with that which is to be born),’ but text dub. Hi pt. מֵגִיחַ of troops burst forth Ju 20:33.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גִּיחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1518/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 38:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.8/)

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וַיָּ֣סֶךְ בִּדְלָתַ֣יִם יָ֑ם בְּ֝גִיח֗וֹ מֵרֶ֥חֶם יֵצֵֽא׃

*Word for word:* and he.shut.off with doors \[the\].sea when it burst.forth from.\[the\] womb it.came.forth

*JPS 1917:* Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, and issued out of the womb;

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[Job 40:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.40.23/)

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הֵ֤ן יַעֲשֹׁ֣ק נָ֭הָר לֹ֣א יַחְפּ֑וֹז יִבְטַ֓ח ׀ כִּֽי־יָגִ֖יחַ יַרְדֵּ֣ן אֶל־פִּֽיהוּ׃

*Word for word:* there! it.is.violent \[the\].river not it.makes.haste it.is.confident (dm) it.bursts.forth \[the\].Jordan to mouth its

*JPS 1917:* Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not; he is confident, though the Jordan rush forth to his mouth.

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