גאווה

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ɡa(ʔ)aˈva/

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גאווה / גַּאֲוָה • (ga'avá) f [pattern: קַטְלָה]

1. pride, arrogance
   • Tanach, Psalms 36:12, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     אַל־תְּבוֹאֵנִי רֶגֶל גַּאֲוָה וְיַד־רְשָׁעִים אַל־תְּנִדֵנִי׃

     Al t'vo'éni régel ga'avá v-yad r'sha'ím al t'nidéni

     Let not the foot of pride overtake me, And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.

2. excellence, glory
   • Tanach, Deuteronomy 33:26, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     אֵין כָּאֵל יְשֻׁרוּן רֹכֵב שָׁמַיִם בְעֶזְרֶךָ וּבְגַאֲוָתוֹ שְׁחָקִים׃

     Ein k-El y'shurún rokhév shamáyim v-'ezrékha uv-ga'avató s'ḥaqím.

     There is none like unto God, O Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven as thy help, and in His excellency on the skies.

3. ego

• מצעד הגאווה / מִצְעַד הַגַּאֲוָה (mitz'ád hagaavá)

• גֵּאֶה (ge'é, “proud”)
• גָּאוֹן (ga'ón, “pride, genius”)
• גֵאוּת (ge'út, “majesty”)

From Hebrew גאווה.

• IPA^(key): /ɡajvɛ/

גאווה • (gayve) f

1. arrogance

• גאװהניק (gayvenik)
• בעל־גאװה (bal-gayve)

• Uriel Weinreich (1977) “arrogance”, in Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary, New York: Schocken Books, page 19