גווע

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ג־ו־ע (g-w-ʿ)
1 term

Cognate with Arabic جَاعَ (jāʕa, “to be hungry, to starve”). Its original meaning before being extended to dying in general was "to starve"; compare the etymology of English starve for a similar, albeit opposite development.

Pronunciation

Verb

גווע / גָּוַע • (gavá) (pa'al construction, infinitive גְּוֺעַ or גְּוַע, future יִגְוַע)

  1. to pass away, perish (sometimes followed by מֵת)
    • Tanach, Genesis 25:8, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וַיִּגְוַע וַיָּמׇת אַבְרָהָם בְּשֵׂיבָה טוֹבָה זָקֵן וְשָׂבֵעַ וַיֵּאָסֶף אֶל־עַמָּיו׃
      And Abraham expired, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
    • Tanach, Numbers 20:3, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וַיָּרֶב הָעָם עִם־מֹשֶׁה וַיֹּאמְרוּ לֵאמֹר וְלוּ גָוַעְנוּ בִּגְוַע אַחֵינוּ לִפְנֵי יְהֹוָה׃
      And the people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying: ‘Would that we had perished when our brethren perished before the LORD!

Conjugation

Conjugation of גָּוַע (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לגווע / לִגְוֺעַ
action noun גְּוִיעָה
passive participle גָּווּעַ
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first גָּוַעְתִּי גָּוַעְנוּ
second גָּוַעְתָּ גָּוַעְתְּ גְּוַעְתֶּם1 גְּוַעְתֶּן1
third גָּוַע גָּוְעָה גָּוְעוּ
present גּוֹוֵעַ גּוֹוַעַת גּוֹוְעִים גּוֹוְעוֹת
future first אֶגְוַע נִגְוַע
second תִּגְוַע תִּגְוְעִי תִּגְוְעוּ תִּגְוַעְנָה2
third יִגְוַע תִּגְוַע יִגְוְעוּ תִּגְוַעְנָה2
imperative גְּוַע גִּוְעִי גִּוְעוּ גְּוַעְנָה2

1 Pronounced גָּוַעְתֶּם and גָּוַעְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Derived terms

  • הִגְוִיעַ (higvía, “to cause to die”)

References

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