gahar · crouch, bend down

What it means

gahar (גָּהַר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “crouch, bend down”.

To the ground; stretch oneself over something. It is said only of Elijah on Carmel and of Elisha over the boy (1 Kings 18:42; 2 Kings 4:34-35).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To fold one's body to the ground or over something.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• stretched himself ×2
• he bent down ×1

Where it appears

• 1 Kings×1
• 2 Kings×2

• 1 Kings 18:42

  So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bent down to the ground and put his face between his knees.

• 2 Kings 4:34

  He went up and lay on the child and put his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands; and he stretched himself on him, and the flesh of the child became warm.

• 2 Kings 4:35

  He went back and walked in the house, once this way and once that way, and went up and stretched himself on him; and the boy sneezed up to seven times, and the boy opened his eyes.