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Strong's #1459 - גַּו
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- midst, the midst
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1052) fc (גו GW) AC: ? CO: Back AB: ?: The back as the middle part of the body, used in lifting. This root is related to acand ec.
A) fc (גו GW) AC: ? CO: Back AB: ?
Nm ) fc (גו GW) - I. Back:[Hebrew and Aramaic] II. Middle:The middle or in the midst of anything as the back is in the middle. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (23): back, midst, within the same, wherein, therein, among, body - Strongs: H1458 (גַּו), H1459 (גַּו), H1460 (גֵּו)
Nf1) efc (גוה GWH) - I. Back: II. Pride:A lifting up of something or oneself in a positive or negative sense. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (5): body, pride, lifting up - Strongs: H1465 (גֵּוָה), H1466 (גֵּוָה), H1467 (גֵּוָה)
fm) ifc (גוי GWY) - Nation: The people of a nation as the back, or body. KJV (558): nation, heathen, gentiles, people - Strongs: H1471 (גֹּי)
ff1) eifc (גויה GWYH) - Back: By extension, the body, either alive or dead, a corpse. KJV (13): body, corpse, carcass - Strongs: H1472 (גְּוִיָּה)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
; compare Biblical Hebrew נֵּו); — construct גּוֺא (so Nabataen Cooke No. 94) Daniel 3:26 +, Daniel 7:15 editions, Gi גּוֺ (Baer גּוֺא, see on Daniel 3:6); suffix 3 masculine singular גַּוֵּהּ Ezra 5:7,3feminine singular גַּוַּהּ Ezra 4:15; Ezra 6:2; — midst, always with prepositions: a.בְּגוֺא (= Hebrew בְּתוֺךְ), Daniel 3:25 בְּגוֺא גוּרָא, Daniel 4:7; Daniel 7:15; Ezra 4:15; Ezra 5:7 וְכִדְנָה כְּתִיב בְּגַוֵהּ, Ezra 6:2.
b.לְגוֺא Daniel 3:6,11,15,21,23,24.
c. מִןגּֿוֺא Daniel 3:26.
גֵּרָה see גאה.
גַּו with suff. גַּוִּי m. the back (from the root גָּוָה No. I); in one phrase הִשְׁלִיךְ אַחֲרֵי גַוּוֹ “to cast behind one’s back,” i.e. to neglect, to despise. 1 Kings 14:9; Ezekiel 23:35; Nehemiah 9:26 comp. הִשְׁלִיךְ. The same is often used in Arabic, جعل بظهره, نبذ ورا ظهره.
גַּו Chald. const. גּוֹ and גּוֹא with suff. גַּוֵּהּ, גַּוָּהּ mas. middle, midst, see גָּוָה No. I. (Syr. ܓܘ id. Arab. جَوُ inner part of a house, جَوّاً within.) Hence
(a) בְּגוֹ, בְּגוֹא i.q. בְּתוֹךְ in the midst, and simply in. בְּגוֹ נוּרָא in the fire, Daniel 3:25, 4:7 7:15. בְּגַוָּהּ in it, Ezra 4:15. Ezra 6:2, כֵּן כְּתִיב בְּגַּוַּהּ דִּכְרוֹנָה “so in it (the book) was written a commentary.” Ezra 5:7.
(b) לְגוֹא into, Daniel 3:6, 11:15.
(c) מִן־גּוֹא “out of the midst,” Daniel 3:26.
