גבא TWOT 302 ( cf. Arabic جَبَأَ , جَبِىَ˜ (jaba˒a, jabi˒a) restrain or withhold oneself; perhaps = جَبَا ( jabā ) collect (water in a cistern, also tributate), so Lane جَبَى ( jabā ) 1. ad fin. , Fl NHWB i. 431; v. also NH גבי , גָּבָה , Aramaic גָּבָא ,
ܓܒܳܐ ( bbo ) collect debts, taxes, etc. )
• גֶּ˜בֶא S 1360 TWOT 302a GK 1465 n.m. Ez 47:11 cistern, pool ( cf. Arabic
جَابِيَةٌ ( jābiyatun ) watering-trough ) — 1. cistern מַיִם מִגּ˜˜בֶא Is 30:14 . 2. pool, marsh גְּבָאָיו Ez 47:13 ( || בִּצֹּאתָ˜ו ).
גבב
TWOT
303
(
prob. be curved, convex, elevated
, Aramaic
גִּבְּבָא
hill; be
)
or make hollow, dig
, Arabic
جَبَّ
(
jabba
)
cut off
or
out
,
جُبٌّ
(
jubbun
), Aramaic
גֹּב
, Ethiopic
˜˜
(
gəbb
) Assyrian
gubbu
,—all
=
cistern;
cf.
e.g. Assyrian
gubbâni ša mê
cisterns of water
,
Asrb.
Annals Col. viii. 102
,
KB
ii. 220;
v. n.pr.
גֹּב
infr.
• גַּב S 1354, 1355 TWOT 2645, 303a GK 1461, 1462 n.m. ? cf. Ez 43:13 ( f. Ez 1:1 8) anything convex, curved, gibbous, e.g. back , chiefly late;— abs. גָּ˜ב Ez 16:2 4; cstr. גַּב Ez 43:13 (read גֹּבַהּ Ö Ew Sm C o); sf. גַּבִּי ψ 129:3 , גַּבֵּךְ Ez 16:31 , 39 ; pl. cstr. גַּבֹּת Lv 14: 9, גַּבֵּי Jb 13:1 2; 15:26 ; sf. גַּבֵּיהֶם 1 K 7:33 , גַּבֵּהֶם Ez 10:1 2, גַּבֵּיהֶן Ez 1:1 8, גַּבֹּתֶם Ez 1:1 8;— 1. back , of man ( fig. of Isr.) ψ 129:3 ; appar. of cherubim Ez 10:12 , but Hi Sm emend
v. so that גּ׳ ref. to wheels, rim v. 6 infr. 2. mound , for illicit worship Ez 16:24 , 34 , 39 (all || רמה ); Ö É lupanar, brothel , after analogy of fornix , but this without sufficient proof, & needless. 3. boss , or convex projection, of shield Jb 15:26 ( fig. ) he runneth against him … with the stout bosses of his shields (i.e. wicked against י׳ ); so ظﻩر ( ẓhr ) in Arabic in similar phrase; cf. also Arabic جَوْبٌ
(
jawbun
),
shield;
also French
bouclier
from
boucle
.
4.
bulwarks, breastworks
,
fig.
for arguments
לְגַבֵּי־חֹמֶר גַּבֵּיכֶם
Jb 13:12
breastworks of clay are
Lane . W. Lane; usually circa., Arabic Dictionary. fin. finite, finitivum.
Fl H.L. Fleischer. NHWB Levy, Neuhebr. Wörterb . Asrb. Assurbanipal.
KB
E. Schrader,
Keilinschriftl. Bibliothek
.
Sm
R. Smend (rarely = Samuel).
fig.
figurative.