גב

See also: גב׳

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ג־נ־ב (g-n-b)
8 terms

From Proto-Semitic *ganb-.

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ɡav/

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Noun

גַּב • (gav) m (plural indefinite גַּבּוֹת, singular construct גַּב־, plural construct גַּבֵּי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. back (the rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly)

Usage notes

• The plural indefinite גַּבִּים (gabím) also exists.

Derived terms

• הִפְנָה לוֹ אֶת הַגַּב (hifná lo et hagáv)
• הַקַּשׁ שֶׁשָּׁבַר אֶת גַּב הַגָּמָל (hakásh sheshavár ét gáv hagamál)
• תִּיק גַּב (tik gav)

Etymology 2

Root
ג־ו־ב (g-w-b)
5 terms

From Proto-Semitic *gubb-. Compare Arabic جُبّ (jubb), Aramaic גב (/⁠gōb⁠/, “pit, moat”), Akkadian 𒁺𒁍 (/⁠gubbu⁠/, “reservoir, cistern”), Tigrinya ጋው (gawə, “cistern”).

Noun

גֵּב • (gev) m (plural indefinite גֵּבִים)

1. cistern

Declension

Declension of גֵּב

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	גֵּב	first	גֵּבִי		גֵּבֵנוּ
	definite	הַגֵּב	second	גֵּבְךָ	גֵּבֵךְ	גֵּבְכֶם	גֵּבְכֶן
	construct	גֵּב־	third	גֵּבוֹ	גֵּבָהּ	גֵּבָם	גֵּבָן
plural	indefinite	גֵּבִים	first	גביי / גֵּבַי		גֵּבֵינוּ
	definite	הַגֵּבִים	second	גֵּבֶיךָ	גבייך / גֵּבַיִךְ	גֵּבֵיכֶם	גֵּבֵיכֶן
	construct	גֵּבֵי־	third	גֵּבָיו	גֵּבֶיהָ	גֵּבֵיהֶם	גֵּבֵיהֶן

References

• H1354 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• “גב” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• "גב" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• גב on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Anagrams

• בג