Lexical Definition

‎גַּף‎ gaph (gaf) single/height ^H:N-M
from an unused root meaning to arch

[phrase] highest places, himself.

• the back
• by extension the body or self

1) body, self (only in phrase, eg by himself)
2) height, elevation

See Greek: μόνον · μόνος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎גַּף‎] noun masculine body, self, height, elevation (compare Late Hebrew ‎גּוּף‎) — singular suffix ‎גַּפּוֺ‎ Exod 21:3 (twice in verse); Exod 21:4 plural construct ‎גַּפֵּי‎ Prov 9:3 —

1. body, self, only in phrase ‎יָבאֹ‎ ‎(יֵצֵא) בְּגַפּוֺ‎) he shall come in (go out) by himself (with his body) Exod 21:3 (twice in verse); Exod 21:4 in law of slave (compare Di).

2. height, elevation ‎עַלגַּֿפֵּי מְרֹמֵי קָ֑רֶת‎ Prov 9:3.

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