Lexical Definition

‎גָּוַע‎ gâvaʻ (gaw-vah') to die ^H:V
a primitive root

die, be dead, give up the ghost, perish.

• to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire

1) to expire, die, perish, give up the ghost, yield up the ghost, be dead, be ready to die
1a) (Qal) to expire, die, be about to die

See Greek: ἀποθνήσκω · ἀπόλλυμι · ἀπολύω · ἀπώλεια · γηράσκω · ἐκλείπω · κόπος · τελευτάω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎גָּוַע‎ verb expire perish, die (compare Arabic be empty, hungry) —

Qal Perfect ‎גָּוַע‎ Num 20:29; Josh 22:20 ‎גָּוָ֑עוּ‎ Lam 1:19 ‎גָּוַעְנוּ‎ Num 17:27*; Num 20:3 Imperfect ‎יִגְוַע‎ Job 34:15, ‎יִגְוָ֑ע‎ Gen 6:17, ‎יִגְוְעוּ‎ Job 36:12, ‎יִגְוָע֑וּ‎ Zech 13:8, ‎יִגְוָע֑וּן‎ Ps 104:28 etc.; Infinitive construct ‎גְּוַע‎ Num 20:3 ‎גְּוֺעַ‎ Num 17:28* Participle ‎גֹּוֵעַ‎ Ps 88:16* — expire and die, only P & poetry; ‎וימת‎ ‎׳‎‎ג‎ Gen 25:8; Gen 25:17; Gen 35:29 (all P); || ‎מות‎ Job 3:11; Job 14:10 compare Num 17:28* (P); || ‎אבד‎ Num 17:27* we expire, we perish (P); || ‎עָנִי‎ Ps 88:15* (progressive parall.) distressed and about to die; || ‎יאסף אל אבותיו‎ Gen 49:33 || ‎עלעֿפר‎ ‎ישׁוב‎ Job 34:15 compare Ps 104:29 || ‎יִכָּֽרְתוּ‎ Zech 13:8 absolute, both prose and (especially) poetry Num 20:3 (twice in verse); Num 20:29; Josh 22:20; Gen 6:17; Gen 7:21 (all P) Job 10:13; Job 13:19; Job 27:5; Job 36:12; Lam 1:19; Job 29:18 ‎עִםקִֿנִּי אגוע‎ with my nest shall I die, i.e. in full possession of what is mine, compare Di.

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