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גֵּבָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1357

high — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

high tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

גֵּבֶה: locust tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[p.] locust (name from swarm, collection, Ethiopic ጉባኤ cf. also Ethiopic አንበጣ locust √ = Arabic نَبَطَ scaturivit, manavit), only pl. גֵּבִים Is 33:4 (in sim. of leaping).—גֵּב ii, iii, v. sub גוב.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of locusts (1).

In the verses

Isaiah 33:4 · tree →

וְאֻסַּ֣ף שְׁלַלְכֶ֔ם אֹ֖סֶף הֶֽחָסִ֑יל כְּמַשַּׁ֥ק גֵּבִ֖ים שׁוֹקֵ֥ק בּֽוֹ׃

Word for word: and it.will.be.gathered plunder your (the).gathering of.(the) locust[s] like.[the] rushing of.locusts [someone.will.be].rushing on it

JPS 1917: And your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathereth; as locusts leap do they leap upon it.

On Mova

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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