גָּאָה
gaa · rise up, be exalted
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1342 · appears 7 times in the Bible
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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
- To go up, grow, like waters or plants.
- 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 that come from it
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.