Elamur Dictionary⌕
☰
dictionaries / Biblical Hebrew / ג‎ / גַּו‎

גַּו

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1458

back — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

back tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

גַּו²: back tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] back—only sf. גַּוֶּ֑ךָ 1 K 14:9, גַּוֵּ֑ךְ Ez 23:35, גַּוָּם Ne 9:26;—always הִשְׁלִיךְ אַחֲרֵי ג׳ cast behind the back, i.e. put out of mind, ignore, reject י׳ 1 K 14:9 Ez 23:35, and his law Ne 9:26.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: back (3).

In the verses

Ezekiel 23:35 · tree →

לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה יַ֚עַן שָׁכַ֣חַתְּ אוֹתִ֔י וַתַּשְׁלִ֥יכִי אוֹתִ֖י אַחֲרֵ֣י גַוֵּ֑ךְ וְגַם־אַ֛תְּ שְׂאִ֥י זִמָּתֵ֖ךְ וְאֶת־תַּזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃ס

Word for word: therefore thus he.says Lord [the] Yahweh because you.have.forgotten me and you.have.thrown me behind back your and also you bear licentiousness your and (et) prostitution(s) your

JPS 1917: Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Because thou hast forgotten Me, and cast Me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy harlotries.'

1 Kings 14:9 · tree →

וַתָּ֣רַע לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת מִכֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁר־הָי֣וּ לְפָנֶ֑יךָ וַתֵּ֡לֶךְ וַתַּעֲשֶׂה־לְּךָ֩ אֱלֹהִ֨ים אֲחֵרִ֤ים וּמַסֵּכוֹת֙ לְהַכְעִיסֵ֔נִי וְאֹתִ֥י הִשְׁלַ֖כְתָּ אַחֲרֵ֥י גַוֶּֽךָ׃ס

Word for word: and you.have.done.evil to act more than.all [those].who they.were before you and you.have.gone and you.have.made for yourself gods other and molten.images to provoke me.to.anger and me you.have.thrown behind back your

JPS 1917: but hast done evil above all that were before thee, and hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke Me, and hast cast Me behind thy back;

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).

This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/גו-2/