גג

Hebrew

Etymology

Compare Ugaritic 𐎂𐎂 (gg, “roof”).

Noun

גַּג • (gag) m (plural indefinite גַּגּוֹת, Biblical Hebrew pausal form גָּג) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. roof
   • Tanach, Joshua 2:6:

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     וְהִיא הֶעֱלָתַם הַגָּגָה וַתִּטְמְנֵם בְּפִשְׁתֵּי הָעֵץ הָעֲרֻכוֹת לָהּ עַל־הַגָּג׃

     v'hí he'elátam hagága vatitm'ném b'fishtéi ha'éts ha'arukhót láh 'al-hagág.
     wəhī heʿĕlā́ṯam haggā́ḡā wattiṭmənēm bəp̄ištē hāʿēṣ hāʿărūḵōṯ lāh ʿal-haggāḡ.

     But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had spread out upon the roof.

2. circumflex accent