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גַּב גַּבָּא‏ n.m. side, flank:

side, flank: an edge that rises or stands out Com. Dan7:6 : אָחֳרִי כִּנְמַר וְלַהּ גַּפִּין אַרְבַּע דִּי־עוֹף עַל־גביה/#ק#גַּבַּהּ‏ another one like a leopard and it had four bird wings on its flanks. QumNJ 11::2:1 : וג]בוהי ארבעא רמין אמין‏ . TgJ 1K7:33 : אַשדָתְהוֹן וְגַבֵיהוֹן וְחָפֵיהוֹן וְכִבֻושְהוֹן‏ . TgJ Ez1:18 : וְגַבֵיהוֹן מְלַן עֵינִין סְחוֹר סְחוֹר לְאַרבַעתֵיהוֹן‏ all around each of their four sides were full of eyes. PJ Gen30:39 : קרוחין וגביהון חיוורין‏ speckled with white sides. for use as a prep. see s.v. gb, gby prep. Com.

back, upper-flank OfA^Ideog., JBA, Man, LJLA. TgEsth2^sup16.2-06:11 : כד יהיב סקא על גבה‏ while sackcloth was placed on his back. TgTosPr Ezek.1:114 : ומבתר כן מתח<זן> גבי חי<תא> דאינון רמן כמן ארעא לרום שמיא וכל קביל שבעה רקיעין‏ .

in compounds with prepositions: see s.vv. lgby, ˁl gb Com.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 118a; DJBA: 254a; Jastrow: 203; Levy Ch-W: 1:120; Tal Sam: 124; DNWSI: 207; Cook,Qumran: 42;

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Derivatives:

gb, gby (gaḇ, gabbē) prep. at the side of, together with

mn gb prep. from

lgby, lgb prep. towards, next to

ˁl gby, ˁl gb, ˀgb (ˁal gabbē, ˁal gaḇ/geḇ) prep. upon

ˀp ˁl gb conj. even though