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title: גֵּו — midst · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גֵּו (lemma:גֵּו), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: midst. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גֵּו

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«גֵּו» in the Tanakh dictionary: **midst** — 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:** lemma:גֵּו · **BDB:** גֵּו²

### Glosses

\[the\].community (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

midst [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b5_5bc_5d5/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] midst, Aramaism (cf. Aramaic גֵּו גְּוָּא middle, NH גֵּו midst, interior; ܓܰܘ id., belly, Arabic جَوٌّ midst) Jb 30:5 מִן־גֵּו יְגֹרָ֑שׁוּ from the mindst (of men) they are driven; Rosenmüller al. comp. Cicero Off. iii. 8: e medio pelluntur.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גֵּו» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b5_5bc_5d5/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 30:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.5/)

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מִן־גֵּ֥ו יְגֹרָ֑שׁוּ יָרִ֥יעוּ עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ כַּגַּנָּֽב׃

*Word for word:* from \[the\].community they.are.driven.away people.shout on them like (the) thief

*JPS 1917:* They are driven forth from the midst of men; they cry after them as after a thief.

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