Lexicon
גָּעָה
ga.ah
H1600
H:V Hebrew

to low

2
Occurrences
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Books
Hebrew
Language

ga.ah denotes the vocalizing of cattle, heard from traveling heifers and an ox over fodder.

The attested use concerns the sound made by cattle: heifers continue along the road while vocalizing in 1 Samuel 6:12, and Job 6:5 places an ox's vocalization alongside its fodder.

Senses in use

  1. Cattle vocalizing · dominant

    In 1 Samuel 6:12, the Qal infinitive absolute occurs as the heifers go straight toward Beth-shemesh without turning aside; the APB renders the clause "they went on and on and lowed." In Job 6:5, the Qal imperfect occurs in the question about whether an ox vocalizes over its fodder; the APB renders "does the ox low over its fodder?"

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with "lowed" in 1 Samuel 6:12 and "low" in Job 6:5. These are translation renderings of the clauses rather than definitions.

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