Lexical Definition

‎גַּו‎ gav (gav) midst ^A:N-M
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎גֵּו‎

midst, same, there-(where-) in.

• the middle

1) midst, the midst

Extended Information

Aramaic of: גֵּו

• Aramaic of gev (‎ג‎ֵּ‎ו‎ "midst" גֵּו)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎גַּו‎] noun masculine midst (Egyptian Aramaic, Nabataean, Palmyrene ‎גו‎; ᵑ7 ‎גָּיו‎; especially construct ‎בְּגוֺ‎, ‎לְגוֺ‎, ‎מִגּוֺ‎; so Syriac ; compare Biblical Hebrew ‎נֵּו‎); — construct ‎גּוֺא‎ (so Nabataen Cooke^{No. 94}) Dan 3:26 +, Dan 7:15 editions, Gi ‎גּוֺ‎ (Baer ‎גּוֺא‎, see on Dan 3:6); suffix 3 masculine singular ‎גַּוֵּהּ‎ Ezra 5:7, 3 feminine singular ‎גַּוַּהּ‎ Ezra 4:15; Ezra 6:2 — midst, always with prepositions:
a. ‎בְּגוֺא‎ (= Hebrew ‎בְּתוֺךְ‎), Dan 3:25 ‎בְּגוֺא גוּרָא‎, Dan 4:7*; Dan 7:15; Ezra 4:15; Ezra 5:7 ‎וְכִדְנָה כְּתִיב בְּגַוֵהּ‎, Ezra 6:2.
b. ‎לְגוֺא‎ Dan 3:6; Dan 3:11; Dan 3:15; Dan 3:21; Dan 3:23; Dan 3:24.
c. ‎מִןגּֿוֺא‎ Dan 3:26. ‎גֵּרָה‎ see ‎גאה‎.

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