Lexical Summary gava: to expire, perish, die Original Word: גָּוַעTransliteration: gava Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-vah') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to expire, perish, die Meaning: to breathe out, expire Strong's Concordance die, be dead, give up the ghost, perish A primitive root; to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire -- die, be dead, give up the ghost, perish. Brown-Driver-Briggs H1478. gava גָּוַע verb expire perish, die (compare Arabic be empty, hungry) — Qal Perfect גָּוַע Numbers 20:29; Joshua 22:20 גָּוָ֑עוּ Lamentations 1:19 גָּוַעְנוּ Numbers 17:27; Numbers 20:3; Imperfect יִגְוַע Job 34:15, יִגְוָ֑ע Genesis 6:17, יִגְוְעוּ Job 36:12, יִגְוָע֑וּ Zechariah 13:8, יִגְוָע֑וּן Psalm 104:28 etc.; Infinitive construct גְּוַע Numbers 20:3 גְּוֺעַ Numbers 17:28; Participle גֹּוֵעַ Psalm 88:16; — expire and die, only P & poetry; ׳ג וימת Genesis 25:8, 17; 35:29 (all P); "" מות Job 3:11; 14:10 compare Numbers 17:28 (P); "" אבד Numbers 17:27 we expire, we perish (P); "" עָנִי Psalm 88:15 (progressive parall.) distressed and about to die; "" אבותיו אל יאסף Genesis 49:33; "" ישׁוב עלעֿפר Job 34:15 compare Psalm 104:29; "" יִכָּֽרְתוּ Zechariah 13:8; absolute, both prose and (especially) poetry Numbers 20:3 (twice in verse); 20:29; Joshua 22:20; Genesis 6:17; 7:21 (all P) Job 10:13; 13:19; 27:5; 36:12; Lamentations 1:19; Job 29:18 אגוע עִםקִֿנִּי with my nest shall I die, i.e. in full possession of what is mine, compare Di. |
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