BDB1474 [H1406]

גָּג noun masculine roof, top (Late Hebrew id.; Di compare Ethiopic vinculum (ferreum), jugo simil. collare ferreum; √ dubious; Thes proposes גגג; perhaps גנג (= גנגן) cover § 292 Sta§ 189 a MV) — גָּג Josh 2:6 + 9 t. + 1Sam 9:26 Kt (Qr גָּ֫גָה), גָּ֫גָה Josh 2:6; 1Sam 9:26 Qr (Kt גג); construct Judg 9:51 + 2 t. + Ezek 40:13 (strike out Co see below); suffix גַּגֶּךָ֑ Deut 22:8, גַּגּוֺ Exod 30:3 + 2 t. + Ezek 40:13 (strike out Co see below); plural גַּגּוֺת Isa 37:27 + 5 t.; suffix גַּגּוֺתֶיהָ Isa 15:3, גַּגּוֺתֵיהֶם Jer 32:29, גַּגֹּתֵיהֶם Jer 19:13

1. roof (of house) Deut 22:8; Josh 2:6 (twice in verse); Josh 2:8; Josh 16:27; 1Sam 9:25; 1Sam 9:26; 2Sam 11:2 (twice in verse); 2Sam 16:22; 2Kgs 19:26 = Isa 37:27; Neh 8:16; Ps 102:8; Ps 129:6; Prov 21:9; Prov 25:24; Isa 15:3; Isa 22:1; Jer 48:38 as places of idolatrous worship (especially of heavenly bodies) Jer 19:13; Jer 32:29; Zeph 1:5 so הַגָּג עֲלִיַּת אָחָז 2Kgs 23:12, roof of tower Judg 9:51; Judg 9:51, over gate 2Sam 18:24, of chamber Ezek 40:13 (twice in verse) (but ᵐ5 Co קיר).
2. top of altar of incense, in tabernacle Exod 30:3; Exod 37:26 (both p).


גַּד, גָּד, גִּדְּגָּד, גֻּדְגֹּדָה see below גדד.


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