Midvash

הָגָהhâgâh

remove

Pronunciation: haw-gaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1898

Meanings

Qal: remove (Isaiah 27:8; Proverbs 25:4; Proverbs 25:5)

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Proverbs 25:4 Remove the impurities from silver, and the sterling will be ready for the silversmith.
  • Proverbs 25:5 Remove the wicked from the king’s court, and his reign will be made secure by justice.
  • Isaiah 27:8 No, but he exiled Israel to call her to account. She was exiled from her land as though blown away in a storm from the east.

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).