STRONGS H1518:
Abbreviations
† [
גִּיחַ,
גּוּחַ]
verb burst forth (compare Nö
ZMG 1883, 538; Late Hebrew
id., Aramaic
id., and
oxg; Ethiopic
ጎሐ፡ break forth, of light, etc.) —
Qal Imperfect יָגִיחַ Job 40:23, masculine singular
וַתָּ֫גַח Ezekiel 32:2;
Imperative feminine singular
גֹּ֫חִי Micah 4:10;
Infinitive suffix
(בְּ)גִיחו Job 38:8;
Participle suffix
גֹּחִ֫י Psalm 22:10 (but compare below); —
1. intransitive burst forth, of dashing river (a very Jordan) Job 40:23; of sea figurative as babe from womb Job 38:8, compare
2. transitive
a. draw forth from womb (subject י׳) Psalm 22:10 (where read גָּחִ֫י participle from גּוּחַ, or regard גֹּחִי as metaplastic, as if from גחח*? see De & Checritical note) compare Psalm 71:6; also
b. thrust forth, bring forth, rather 'break forth (with that which is to be born),' figurative of travail, applied to Jerusalem in distress Micah 4:10 (compare Sta§ 599 b Köi. 505); burst forth with rivers (figurative of Pharaoh under image of תַּנִּים) Ezekiel 32:2, but for בנהרותיך (rivers) read probably בִּנְחִרוֺתֶיךָ Job 41:12 (nostrils), i.e. snort with thy nostrils, so Ew Co; on figurative then compare Job 41:11-13.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Job
38:8; 38:8; 40:23; 40:23; 41:11; 41:12; 41:12; 41:13
Psalms
22:10; 22:10; 71:6
Ezekiel
32:2; 32:2
Micah
4:10; 4:10