Lexical Definition

‎גֵּו‎ gêv (gave) back ^H:N-M
from ‎גָּאָה‎ (corresponding to ‎גַב‎)

[phrase] among, back, body.

• the back
• by analogy, the middle

1) the back, back, midst

See Greek: ἀκρίς · βόθυνος · μέσος · νῶτος · φρέαρ

Extended Information

• midst
• Aramaic equivalent: gav (‎ג‎ַּ‎ו‎ "midst" גַּו)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎גֵּו‎ noun [masculine] back — ‎גֵּו‎ absolute unused, construct Prov 10:13 + 2 t., suffix ‎גֵּוִי‎ Isa 50:6, ‎גֵּוְךָ‎ Isa 38:17, ‎גֵּוֵךְ‎ Isa 51:23 — back, as beaten, lashed Prov 10:13; Prov 19:29; Prov 26:3 compare Isa 50:6 in phrase ‎׳‎‎הִשְׁלִיךְ אַחֲרֵי ג‎ (as ‎גַּו‎) Isa 38:17, of Yahweh's casting sins of penitent behind his back, putting them out of mind; as trodden upon Isa 51:23, figurative of extreme humiliation.

II. ‎גֵּו‎ noun [masculine] midst, Aramaism (compare Aramaic ‎גַּוָּא‎, ‎גֵּו‎ middle, Late Hebrew ‎גֵּו‎ midst, interior; id., belly, Arabic midst) Job 30:5 ‎מִןגֵּֿו יְגֹרָ֑שׁוּ‎ from the midst (of men) they are driven; Rosenm and others compare Cicero^{Off. iii. 8}: e medio pelluntur.

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