Lexicon
גָּהָה
ga.hah
H1455
H:V Hebrew

to cure

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ga.hah denotes curing a wound, though its single occurrence is framed as an inability to provide that cure.

The lone attested use concerns curing a wound: in Hosea 5:13, the imperfect verb occurs in the statement that the king approached is unable to provide such healing.

Senses in use

  1. Curing a wound · dominant

    In Hosea 5:13, יִגְהֶה is a Qal imperfect, third masculine singular verb in the clause denying that the king Ephraim approached can remedy Judah's wound. The APB renders the verse, "yet he is not able to heal you or to cure your wound from you."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Hosea 5:13, the APB presents the verse's failed remedy with "heal" and "cure your wound." The precise assignment of either English verb to this form cannot be isolated.

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