ga.vo.ah describes elevated terrain, structures, and objects, and can extend to conspicuous stature or proud elevation.

The attested use most often marks spatial elevation of hills, mountains, walls, towers, and other objects. It also describes comparative height or conspicuous stature, and in several clauses characterizes elevated speech or persons set over against the lowly.

1. Spatially elevated terrain and structures · dominant

   The adjective marks elevated locations and built features: in 1 Kings 14:23 the APB renders places on a “high hill,” while Deuteronomy 28:52 describes “high and fortified walls.” It also occurs with a mountain in Ezekiel 40:2 and with an altar measured as three cubits high in Ezekiel 41:22.

   1 Kings 14:23Deuteronomy 28:52Ezekiel 40:2Ezekiel 41:22Isaiah 30:25Psalm 104:18
2. Greater height or conspicuous stature · common

   The adjective expresses comparison or notable height in living figures and objects. In 1 Samuel 9:2 the APB says Saul was higher than all the people from the shoulder upward; Daniel 8:3 contrasts one horn as higher than the other, and Ezekiel 17:24 speaks of the tall tree brought low.

   1 Samuel 9:2Daniel 8:3Ezekiel 17:24Isaiah 10:33Esther 5:14Esther 7:9
3. Elevated speech or persons in contrast with humility · occasional

   In 1 Samuel 2:3, the feminine singular forms occur in the warning against high and arrogant speech. Psalm 138:6 contrasts the LORD’s regard for the lowly with his knowledge of the lofty, while Isaiah 5:15 places the elevated eyes of the proud within a scene of humbling.

   1 Samuel 2:3Psalm 138:6Isaiah 5:151 Samuel 16:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited clauses, the APB commonly uses “high,” “higher,” “tall,” and “lofty,” especially for terrain, structures, and comparative stature. These renderings confirm the verses’ overall presentations to the Hebrew term.