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# גֹּוא

Biblical Aramaic

**midst** — used 13 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

midst [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b9_5bc_5d5_5d0/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

גַּו: n.m. midst [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b9_5bc_5d5_5d0/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. midst (Egyptian Aramaic Nab. Palm. גו; 𝔗 גָּיו; especially cstr. בְּגוֹ, לְגוֹ, מִגּוֹ; so Syriac ܓܰܘ; cf.BH גֵּו, p. 156);—cstr. גּוֹא (so Nab. CookeNo. 94) Dn 3:26 +, 7:15 edd., Gi גּוֹ (Baer גּוֹא, v. on 3:6); sf. 3 ms. גַּוֵּהּ †Ezr 5:7, 3 fs. גַּוַּהּ †4:15; 6:2;—midst, always c. preps.: בְּגוֹא (= Heb. בְּתוֹךְ), Dn 3:25 בְּגוֹא נוּרָא, 4:7; 7:15; Ezr 4:15; 5:7 וְכִדְנָה כְתִיב בְּגַוֵּהּ, 6:2. לְגוֹא Dn 3:6, 11, 15, 21, 23, 24. מִן־גּוֹא Dn 3:26.

Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the midst (9); midst (4).

## In the verses

[Daniel 7:15](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.15/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.15/#tree)

אֶתְכְּרִיַּ֥ת רוּחִ֛י אֲנָ֥ה דָנִיֵּ֖אל בְּג֣וֹא נִדְנֶ֑ה וְחֶזְוֵ֥י רֵאשִׁ֖י יְבַהֲלֻנַּֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* it.was.distressed spirit my I Daniel in.\[the\] midst of.\[the\].sheath and the.visions of my.head they alarmed.me

*JPS 1917:* As for me Daniel, my spirit was pained in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head affrighted me.

[Daniel 3:11](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.11/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.11/#tree)

וּמַן־דִּי־לָ֥א יִפֵּ֖ל וְיִסְגֻּ֑ד יִתְרְמֵ֕א לְגֽוֹא־אַתּ֥וּן נוּרָ֖א יָקִֽדְתָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* and whoever that not he.will.fall.down and he.will.pay.homage he.will.be.thrown to the.midst of.the.furnace of the.fire (the) burning

*JPS 1917:* and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d2_5b9_5bc_5d5_5d0.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b9_5bc_5d5_5d0/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).