גאווה

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Hebrew[edit]

Root
ג־א־ה (g-ʾ-h)

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

גאווה / גַּאֲוָה (ga'aváf [pattern: קַטְלָה]

  1. pride, arrogance
    • Tanach, Psalms 36:12, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      אַל־תְּבוֹאֵנִי רֶגֶל גַּאֲוָה וְיַד־רְשָׁעִים אַל־תְּנִדֵנִי׃
      Al t'vo'éni régel ga'avá v-yad r'sha'ím al t'nidéni
      Let not the foot of pride overtake me, And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.
  2. excellence, glory
    • Tanach, Deuteronomy 33:26, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      אֵין כָּאֵל יְשֻׁרוּן רֹכֵב שָׁמַיִם בְעֶזְרֶךָ וּבְגַאֲוָתוֹ שְׁחָקִים׃
      Ein k-El y'shurún rokhév shamáyim v-'ezrékha uv-ga'avató s'ḥaqím.
      There is none like unto God, O Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven as thy help, and in His excellency on the skies.
  3. ego

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Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew גאווה.

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Noun[edit]

גאווה (gayvef

  1. arrogance

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References[edit]

  • Uriel Weinreich (1977) “arrogance”, in Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary, New York: Schocken Books, page 19