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# גֵּוָה

Biblical Aramaic

**pride** — used 1 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

pride [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b5_5bc_5d5_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

גֵּוָה: n.f. pride [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b5_5bc_5d5_5b8_5d4/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. pride (𝔗 גֵּיוָה; BH גֵּאָה; cf.K§ 55, 1 (but also 6 a));—abs. בְּג׳ Dn 4:34 in pride.

### Jastrow 1903

גֵּיוָה: pride [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b5_5bc_5d5_5b8_5d4/#m3)

**The whole Jastrow entry:** pride. Targ. Is. III, 24 מהלכן בג׳ (h. text פתיגיל!).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: pride (1).

## In the verses

[Daniel 4:34](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.34/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.34/#tree)

כְּעַ֞ן אֲנָ֣ה נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֗ר מְשַׁבַּ֨ח וּמְרוֹמֵ֤ם וּמְהַדַּר֙ לְמֶ֣לֶךְ שְׁמַיָּ֔א דִּ֤י כָל־מַעֲבָד֙וֹהִי֙ קְשֹׁ֔ט וְאֹרְחָתֵ֖הּ דִּ֑ין וְדִי֙ מַהְלְכִ֣ין בְּגֵוָ֔ה יָכִ֖ל לְהַשְׁפָּלָֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* now I Nebuchadnezzar \[am\].praising and.\[am\] lifting.up and.\[am\] glorifying (et).the king of the.heavens that all deeds his \[are\].truth and ways his \[are\].justice and.\[those\] who \[are\].walking in pride \[he.is\].able to bring.low

*JPS 1917:* Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven; for all His works are truth, and His ways justice; and those that walk in pride He is able to abase.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d2_5b5_5bc_5d5_5b8_5d4.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b5_5bc_5d5_5b8_5d4/): 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).