STRONGS NUMBER H1342


Word Summary
gaah: to rise up
Original Word: גָּאָה
Transliteration: gaah
Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-aw')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to rise up
Meaning: to mount up, to rise, be majestic
Strong's Concordance
gloriously, grow up, increase, be risen, triumph

A primitive root; to mount up; hence, in general, to rise, (figuratively) be majestic -- gloriously, grow up, increase, be risen, triumph.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H1342. gaah

גָּאָהverb rise up (Aramaic Pe`al (ᵑ71 Samuel 2:5) & often Ethpe`el אֶתְגָּאֵי‎, be boastful, proud, compare also Late Hebrew) —

Qal Perfect ׳גExodus 15:1, 21, גָּאוּEzekiel 47:5; Imperfect יִגְאֶהJob 8:11; 10:16; Infinitive absolute גָּאֹהExodus 15:1, 21; —

1 rise up, of waters Ezekiel 47:5.

2 grow up, of plants Job 8:11.

3 be lifted up, exalted, of head Job 10:16, of ׳י‎ in triumph Exodus 15:1, 21.

גאה‎ (probably √ of following; Biblical Hebrew גָּאָהrise up).