Hebrew edit

Root
ג־ו־ע (g-w-ʿ)

Etymology edit

Compare Arabic جَاعَ (jāʕa, to be hungry, to starve).

Verb edit

גווע / גָּוַע (gavá') third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. to starve

References edit

  • גוע” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language