גבה

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See also: ג־ב־ה

Hebrew[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

Compare with Arabic جَبْهة (jabha, forehead), and Akkadian 𒃮𒀪𒀀𒉌 (/⁠gabāni⁠/, heights, promontory).

Noun[edit]

גַּבָּה (gabaf (plural indefinite גבות, singular construct גבת־, plural construct גבות־) [pattern: קַטְלָה]

  1. eyebrow
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Root
ג־ב־הּ (g-b-hּ)

From the root ג־ב־הּ (g-b-h, Forming words pertaining to height.).

Verb[edit]

גָּבַהּ (gaváh) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. become high, tall
Conjugation[edit]

or

Adjective[edit]

גָּבֹהַּ (gavóah)

  1. defective spelling of גָּבוֹהַּ (“high, tall; large”).

Noun[edit]

גֹּבַהּ (góvahm

  1. defective spelling of גּוֹבַהּ (“height ; level, to an extent”).

Etymology 3[edit]

Root
ג־ב־ה (g-b-h)

From the root ג־ב־ה (g-b-, Forming words pertaining to collecting.).

Verb[edit]

גָּבָה (gavá) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. to collect (a debt)
Conjugation[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 4[edit]

Verb[edit]

גִּבָּה (gibá) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of גיבה