Lexical Definition

‎גִּיחַ‎ gîyach (ghee'-akh) to burst/come out ^H:V
or (shortened) גֹּחַ gôach (go'-akh); a primitive root

break forth, labor to bring forth, come forth, draw up, take out.

• to gush forth (as water), generally to issue

1) to burst forth
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to burst forth
1a2) to draw forth
1a3) to bring forth
1b) (Hiphil) to break forth

See Greek: ἐπέρχομαι

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: gi.ach (‎ג‎ִּ‎יח‎ַ "to strive" גִּיחַ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎גִּיחַ‎, ‎גּוּחַ‎] verb burst forth (compare Nö^{ZMG 1883, 538}; Late Hebrew id., Aramaic id., and ; Ethiopic break forth, of light, etc.) —

Qal Imperfect ‎יָגִיחַ‎ Job 40:23, masculine singular ‎וַתָּ֫גַח‎ Ezek 32:2 Imperative feminine singular ‎גֹּ֫חִי‎ Mic 4:10 Infinitive suffix ‎(בְּ)גִיחו‎ Job 38:8 Participle suffix ‎גֹּחִ֫י‎ Ps 22:10* (but compare below); —

1. intransitive burst forth, of dashing river (a very Jordan) Job 40:23 of sea figurative as babe from womb Job 38:8, compare

2. transitive
a. draw forth from womb (subject ‎׳‎‎י‎) Ps 22:10* (where read ‎גָּחִ֫י‎ participle from ‎גּוּחַ‎, or regard ‎גֹּחִי‎ as metaplastic, as if from ‎ג֗֗֗חח‎? see De & Che^{critical note}) compare Ps 71:6 also
b. thrust forth, bring forth, rather 'break forth (with that which is to be born),' figurative of travail, applied to Jerusalem in distress Mic 4:10 (compare Sta^{§ 599 b} Kö^{i. 505}); burst forth with rivers (figurative of Pharaoh under image of ‎תַּנִּים‎) Ezek 32:2, but for ‎בנהרותיך‎ (rivers) read probably ‎בִּנְחִרוֺתֶיךָ‎ Job 41:12* (nostrils), i.e. snort with thy nostrils, so Ew Co; on figurative then compare Job 41:11-13.

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