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# גֵּו

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1460

**back** — used 6 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

back [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1460/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

גֵּו: back [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1460/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] back—גֵּו abs. not found, cstr. Pr 10:13 + 2 times, sf. גֵּוִי Is 50:6, גֵּוְךָ Is 38:17, גֵּוֵךְ 51:23;—back, as beaten, lashed Pr 10:13; 19:29; 26:3 cf. Is 50:6; in phr. הִשְׁלִיךְ אַחֲרֵי ג׳ (as גַּו) Is 38:17, of Yahweh’s casting sins of penitent behind his back, putting them out of mind; as trodden upon Is 51:23, fig. of extreme humiliation.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: back (6).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 19:29](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.19.29/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.19.29/#tree)

נָכ֣וֹנוּ לַלֵּצִ֣ים שְׁפָטִ֑ים וּ֝מַהֲלֻמ֗וֹת לְגֵ֣ו כְּסִילִֽים׃

*Word for word:* they.are.prepared for (the) mockers judgments and beatings for.\[the\] back of.fools

*JPS 1917:* Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

[Proverbs 10:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.13/#tree)

בְּשִׂפְתֵ֣י נָ֭בוֹן תִּמָּצֵ֣א חָכְמָ֑ה וְ֝שֵׁ֗בֶט לְגֵ֣ו חֲסַר־לֵֽב׃

*Word for word:* on.\[the\] lips of.\[one.who\].has.understanding it.is.found wisdom and a.rod \[is\].for.\[the\] back of.\[one\].lacking of.heart

*JPS 1917:* In the lips of him that hath discernment wisdom is found; but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1460.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1460/): 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).