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 Bö§ 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.
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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