Lexical Definition

‎גָּעַשׁ‎ gâʻash (gaw-ash') to shake ^H:V
a primitive root

move, shake, toss, trouble.

• to agitate violently

1) to shake, quake
1a) (Qal) to shake
1b) (Pual) to be shaken up, convulsed
1c) (Hithpael) to shake back and forth, toss or reel to and fro
1d) (Hithpoel) to reel to and fro

See Greek: σαλεύω · σπαράσσω · ταράσσω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎גָּעַשׁ‎] verb shake, quake (Late Hebrew id.) —

Qal Imperfect ‎וַתִּגְעַשׁ‎ Ps 18:8* a = 2Sam 22:8 a Kt (Qr Hithpa`el); — quake of earth at theoph., Ps 18:8* = 2Sam 22:8 (read Kt; || ‎רעשׁ‎). Pu`al Imperfect be shaken up, convulsed ‎יְגֹעֲשׁוּעַֿם‎ Job 34:20 a people are convulsed. Hithpa`el shake back and forth, toss or reel to and fro ‎וַיִּתְגָּעַשׁ‎ Qr 2Sam 22:8 a (< Kt Qal); ‎יִתְגָָּֽעֲשׁוּ‎ Jer 46:7, ‎וַיִּתְגָָּֽעֲשׁוּ‎ Ps 18:8*b + 2 t.; — of mountains Ps 18:8*b = 2Sam 22:8 b; of waves of sea, Jer 5:22 of waters of Nile Jer 46:7 (compare vJer 46:8). Hithpo`el Perfect ‎וְהִתְגֹּעֲשׁוּ‎ consecutive Jer 25:16 Imperfect ‎יִתְגֹּעֲשׁוּ‎ Jer 46:8 id. of waters of Nile Jer 46:8 of drunken men, reel to and fro, Jer 25:16 (figurative of nations confounded by ‎׳‎‎י‎).

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