Hebrew edit

Root
ג־ב־הּ (g-b-hּ)

Etymology edit

From the verb הִגְבִּיהַּ (higbíah), from the root ג־ב־הּ (g-b-h).

Noun edit

הַגְבָּהָה (hagbaháf (plural indefinite הגבהות, singular construct הגבהת־, plural construct הגבהות־) [pattern: הַקְטָלָה]

  1. (uncountable) Lifting, raising.
  2. (countable) A lifting, a raising.
  3. (specifically, Judaism) Hagbaha, hagbah: the raising of an open Torah scroll for an Ashkenazi Jewish congregation to see the text that has just been read.

See also edit