H1354

גַּב

gavH:N

back/rim/brow

1) convex surface, back 1a) back (of man) 1b) mound (for illicit worship) 1c) boss (convex projection of shield) 1d) bulwarks, breastworks (of arguments-fig.) 1e) brow, eyebrow 1f) rim (of wheel) Aramaic equivalent: gav (גַּב "back" H1355)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

גַּב back, etc., see below גבב

[גָּב], גָּבִים see גוב.

גַּב noun masculine:? compare Ezek 43:13 (feminine^{Ezek 1:18}) anything convex, curved, gibbous, e.g. back, chiefly late; — absolute גָּ֑ב Ezek 16:24 construct גַּב Ezek 43:13 (read גֹּבַהּ ᵐ5 Ew Sm Co); suffix גַּבִּי Ps 129:3, גַּבֵךְ Ezek 16:31; Ezek 16:39 plural construct גַּבֹּת Lev 14:9, גַּבֵּי Job 13:12; Job 15:26 suffix גַּבֵּיהֶם 1Kgs 7:33, גַּבֵּהֶם Ezek 10:12, גַּבֵּיהֶן Ezek 1:18, גַֹּבֹּתָם Ezek 1:18 —

1. back, of man (figurative of Israel) Ps 129:3 apparently of cherubim Ezek 10:12, but Hi Sm emend v. so that ׳גּ refers to wheels, rim see 6 below

2. mound, for illicit worship Ezek 16:24; Ezek 16:31; Ezek 16:39 (all || רמה); ᵐ5 ᵑ9 lupanar, brothel, after analogy of fornix, but this without sufficient proof, & needless.

3. boss, or convex projection, of shield Job 15:26 (figurative) he runneth against him... with the stout bosses of his shields (i.e. wicked against ׳י); so in Arabic in similar phrase; compare also Arabic , shield; also French bouclier from boucle.

4. bulwarks, breastworks, figurative for arguments לְגַבֵּיחֹֿמֶר גַּבֵּיכֶם Job 13:12 breastworks of clay are your breastworks.

5. brow, only גַּבֹּת עֵינָיו Lev 14:9 his eyebrows.

6. rim of wheel, felloe 1Kgs 7:33; Ezek 1:18 (twice in verse); so perhaps Ezek 10:12 see 1 above — Ezek 43:13 elevation, i.e. basement of altar, Da after MT., but see גֹּבַהּ, compare above

[גַּב] noun [masculine] either back (ᵑ7 גַּב back, top; Biblical Hebrew גַּב, √ גנב), or < side (√ גנב, compare Arabic side, Syriac side, √ ; — see also D^{WB 65}); — plural suffix Dan 7:6 Kt wings עַלגַּֿבַּיהּ on its sides (Bev Behrm Dr; Qr גַּבַּהּ perhaps its back, so most).

11 occurrences

Leviticus (1), I Kings (1), Job (2), Psalms (1), Ezekiel (6)