גֹּבַי
Used: 2 times · Key: lemma:גֹּבַי · BDB: גֹּבַי
Glosses
locust[s] (1); of.locust[s] (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
locusts tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
coll. locusts tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.m.; Am. 7:1 cf. v. 2 coll. locusts (swarm, multitude; Aramaic גּוּבָא, pl. גוּבָאֵי; on format. v. Ol§ 216 d), גֹּבַי symbol of Yahweh’s judgment on Isr. Am 7:1; in sim. of disappearance of Assyrian leaders at destruction of Nineveh גּוֹב גּוֹבָ֑י Na 3:17 (locust-) swarm of locusts (‖ אַרְבֶּה); but del. גּוֹב as dittogr. We al.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (17 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (11 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «גֹּבַי» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
כֹּ֤ה הִרְאַ֙נִי֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה וְהִנֵּה֙ יוֹצֵ֣ר גֹּבַ֔י בִּתְחִלַּ֖ת עֲל֣וֹת הַלָּ֑קֶשׁ וְהִ֨נֵּה־לֶ֔קֶשׁ אַחַ֖ר גִּזֵּ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
Word for word: thus he showed.me Lord [the] Yahweh and there! [he.was].forming locust[s] at the.beginning of.the.coming.up of the.spring-crop and there! a.spring-crop after the.mowings of the.king
JPS 1917: Thus the Lord GOD showed me; and, behold, He formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.
מִנְּזָרַ֙יִךְ֙ כָּֽאַרְבֶּ֔ה וְטַפְסְרַ֖יִךְ כְּג֣וֹב גֹּבָ֑י הַֽחוֹנִ֤ים בַּגְּדֵרוֹת֙ בְּי֣וֹם קָרָ֔ה שֶׁ֤מֶשׁ זָֽרְחָה֙ וְנוֹדַ֔ד וְלֹֽא־נוֹדַ֥ע מְקוֹמ֖וֹ אַיָּֽם׃
Word for word: courtiers your [are].like the locust and officials your [are].like a.locust of.locust[s] [which] encamp in the walls on a.day of.coldness [the].sun it.rises and it.flees and not it.is.known place its where.[are] they?
JPS 1917: Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy marshals as the swarms of grasshoppers, which camp in the walls in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
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