גָּאָה

gaa · rise up, be exalted

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1342 · appears 7 times in the Bible

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What it means

gaa (גָּאָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “rise up, be exalted”.

Rise up, grow tall; be majestic, be highly exalted.

How to say it

ga·a

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 go up, grow, like waters or plants.
  2. To show one's greatness through a victory everyone sees.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

  • exalted ×2
  • he is highly ×2
  • had risen ×1
  • if it rises ×1
  • rise up ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Exodus 15:1

    Then Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song to YHWH, and they said: “I will sing to YHWH, for he is highly exalted; horse and its rider he has hurled into the sea.

  • Exodus 15:21

    And Miriam answered them, “Sing to YHWH, for he is highly exalted; horse and its rider he has hurled into the sea.”

  • Job 8:11

    Does papyrus rise up without marsh? Do reeds grow without water?

  • Job 10:16

    And if it rises, like a fierce lion you hunt me, and again you work wonders against me.

  • Ezekiel 47:5

    And he measured a thousand: a torrent that I could not cross, for the water had risen, water for swimming, a torrent that could not be crossed.

And 2 more times.