Lexical Definition

‎גָּג‎ gâg (gawg) roof ^H:N-M
probably by reduplication from ‎גָּאָה‎

roof (of the house), (house) top (of the house).

• a roof
• by analogy, the top of an altar

1) roof, top, housetop
1a) roof (of house)
1b) top (of altar of incense)

See Greek: δῶμα · κοιλία

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎גָּג‎ noun masculine roof, top (Late Hebrew id.; Di compare Ethiopic vinculum (ferreum), jugo simil. collare ferreum; √ dubious; Thes proposes ‎גגג‎; perhaps ‎גנג‎ (= ‎גנגן‎) cover Bö^{§ 292} Sta^{§ 189 a} MV) — ‎גָּג‎ Josh 2:6 + 9 t. + 1Sam 9:26 Kt (Qr ‎גָּ֫גָה‎), ‎גָּ֫גָה‎ Josh 2:6; 1Sam 9:26 Qr (Kt ‎גג‎); construct Judg 9:51 + 2 t. + Ezek 40:13 (strike out Co see below); suffix ‎גַּגֶּךָ֑‎ Deut 22:8, ‎גַּגּוֺ‎ Exod 30:3 + 2 t. + Ezek 40:13 (strike out Co see below); plural ‎גַּגּוֺת‎ Isa 37:27 + 5 t.; suffix ‎גַּגּוֺתֶיהָ‎ Isa 15:3, ‎גַּגּוֺתֵיהֶם‎ Jer 32:29, ‎גַּגֹּתֵיהֶם‎ Jer 19:13 —

1. roof (of house) Deut 22:8; Josh 2:6 (twice in verse); Josh 2:8; Josh 16:27; 1Sam 9:25; 1Sam 9:26; 2Sam 11:2 (twice in verse); 2Sam 16:22; 2Kgs 19:26 = Isa 37:27; Neh 8:16; Ps 102:8*; Ps 129:6; Prov 21:9; Prov 25:24; Isa 15:3; Isa 22:1; Jer 48:38 as places of idolatrous worship (especially of heavenly bodies) Jer 19:13; Jer 32:29; Zeph 1:5 so ‎הַגָּג עֲלִיַּת אָחָז‎ 2Kgs 23:12, roof of tower Judg 9:51; Judg 9:51, over gate 2Sam 18:24, of chamber Ezek 40:13 (twice in verse) (but ᵐ5 Co ‎קיר‎).

2. top of altar of incense, in tabernacle Exod 30:3; Exod 37:26 (both p).

‎גַּד‎, ‎גָּד‎, ‎גִּדְּגָּד‎, ‎גֻּדְגֹּדָה‎ see below ‎גדד‎.

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