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title: גָּעָה — low · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּעָה (1600), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: low. BDB 1906: vb. low. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּעָה

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«גָּעָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **low** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 1600 · **BDB:** גָּעָה

### Glosses

does.it.low (1); lowing (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

low [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1600/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. low [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1600/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. low (of cattle) (NH id., Aramaic גְּעָא, ܓܥܳܐ )—יִגְעֶה־שׁוֹר Jb 6:5; הָלֹךְ וְגָעוֹ 1 S 6:12.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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 «גָּעָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1600/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 6:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.5/)

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הֲיִֽנְהַק־פֶּ֥רֶא עֲלֵי־דֶ֑שֶׁא אִ֥ם יִגְעֶה־שּׁ֝֗וֹר עַל־בְּלִילֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* does it.bray? a.wild.donkey on fresh.grass or? does.it.low an.ox on fodder its

*JPS 1917:* Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?

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[1 Samuel 6:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.6.12/)

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וַיִשַּׁ֨רְנָההַפָּר֜וֹת בַּדֶּ֗רֶךְ עַל־דֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ בֵּ֣ית שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ בֵּ֣ית שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ בִּמְסִלָּ֣ה אַחַ֗ת הָלְכ֤וּ הָלֹךְ֙ וְגָע֔וֹ וְלֹא־סָ֖רוּ יָמִ֣ין וּשְׂמֹ֑אול וְסַרְנֵ֤י פְלִשְׁתִּים֙ הֹלְכִ֣ים אַחֲרֵיהֶ֔ם עַד־גְּב֖וּל בֵּ֥ית שָֽׁמֶשׁ בֵּ֥ית שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and they.were.straight the cows in the road on the.road of Beth.Shemesh on a.highway one they.went going and lowing and not they.turned.aside right.hand and left.hand and the.rulers of.\[the\].Philistines \[were\].going after them to the.border of Beth.Shemesh

*JPS 1917:* And the kine took the straight way by the way to Beth-shemesh; they went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh.

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