גָּאָהgâʼâh
Pronunciation: gaw-aw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1342
Meanings
Qal
1. rise up (Ezekiel 47:5)
2. grow up (Job 8:11)
3. be lifted up, exalted (Job 10:16; Exodus 15:1; Exodus 15:21)
Same root
- גֵּאֶהgêʼeh · H1343lofty; figuratively, arrogant
- גֵּאָהgêʼâh · H1344arrogance
- גְּאוּאֵלGᵉʼûwʼêl · H1345Geuel, an Israelite
- גַּאֲוָהgaʼăvâh · H1346arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament
- גָּאוֹןgâʼôwn · H1347{arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament}
- גֵּאוּתgêʼûwth · H1348{arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament}
- גַּאֲיוֹןgaʼăyôwn · H1349haughty
- גָּגgâg · H1406a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 15:1 Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the Lord: “I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; he has hurled both horse and rider into the sea.
- Exodus 15:21 And Miriam sang this song: “Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; he has hurled both horse and rider into the sea.”
- Job 8:11 “Can papyrus reeds grow tall without a marsh? Can marsh grass flourish without water?
- Job 10:16 And if I hold my head high, you hunt me like a lion and display your awesome power against me.
- Ezekiel 47:5 Then he measured another 1,750 feet, and the river was too deep to walk across. It was deep enough to swim in, but too deep to walk through.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).