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ג־א־ה (g-ʾ-h)

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Noun

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גאווה / גַּאֲוָה (ga'aváf [pattern: קַטְלָה]

  1. pride, arrogance
    • Tanach, Psalms 36:12, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      אַל־תְּבוֹאֵנִי רֶגֶל גַּאֲוָה וְיַד־רְשָׁעִים אַל־תְּנִדֵנִי׃
      Al t'vo'éni régel ga'avá v-yad r'sha'ím al t'nidéni
      Let not the foot of pride overtake me, And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.
  2. excellence, glory
    • Tanach, Deuteronomy 33:26, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      אֵין כָּאֵל יְשֻׁרוּן רֹכֵב שָׁמַיִם בְעֶזְרֶךָ וּבְגַאֲוָתוֹ שְׁחָקִים׃
      Ein k-El y'shurún rokhév shamáyim v-'ezrékha uv-ga'avató s'ḥaqím.
      There is none like unto God, O Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven as thy help, and in His excellency on the skies.
  3. ego

Declension

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Yiddish

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Etymology

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From Hebrew גאווה.

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Noun

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גאווה (gayvef

  1. arrogance

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References

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  • Uriel Weinreich (1977) “arrogance”, in Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary, New York: Schocken Books, page 19