Midvash

גֵּבgêb

גֵּב: pit, beam, see below גוב

Pronunciation: gabe · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1356

Meanings

גֵּב: pit, ditch, trench (Jeremiah 14:3; 2 Kings 3:16; 2 Kings 25:12; Jeremiah 39:10; Jeremiah 52:16)

גֵּב: beam, rafter? (1 Kings 6:9)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Kings 6:9 After completing the Temple structure, Solomon put in a ceiling made of cedar beams and planks.
  • 2 Kings 3:16 and he said, “This is what the Lord says: This dry valley will be filled with pools of water!
  • Jeremiah 14:3 The nobles send servants to get water, but all the wells are dry. The servants return with empty pitchers, confused and desperate, covering their heads in grief.
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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).