גִּיחַgîyach
burst forth
Pronunciation: ghee'-akh · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1518
Meanings
Qal
1. burst forth, intransitive (Job 40:23; Job 38:8)
2. transitive
a. draw forth (Psalms 22:10; Psalms 71:6)
b. thrust forth, bring forth (Micah 4:10; Ezekiel 32:2; Job 41:12)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Judges 20:33 When the main group of Israelite warriors reached Baal-tamar, they turned and took up their positions. Meanwhile, the Israelites hiding in ambush to the west of Gibeah jumped up to fight.
- Job 38:8 “Who kept the sea inside its boundaries as it burst from the womb,
- Job 40:23 It is not disturbed by the raging river, not concerned when the swelling Jordan rushes around it.
- Psalms 22:9 Yet you brought me safely from my mother’s womb and led me to trust you at my mother’s breast.
- Ezekiel 32:2 “Son of man, mourn for Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and give him this message: “You think of yourself as a strong young lion among the nations, but you are really just a sea monster, heaving around in your own rivers, stirring up mud with your feet.
- Micah 4:10 Writhe and groan like a woman in labor, you people of Jerusalem, for now you must leave this city to live in the open country. You will soon be sent in exile to distant Babylon. But the Lord will rescue you there; he will redeem you from the grip of your enemies.
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).