BDB1538 [H1356]

II. גֵּב noun [masculine] pit, ditch, trench, (Arabic hollow, depression; Syriac cistern) — only plural גֵּבִים Jer 14:3 in 2Kgs 3:16 גבים גבים, i.e. full of ditches; further, cisterns (according to Klo 2Kgs 25:12) Jer 39:10 וִּיגֵבִים (read וְגֵבִים); compare also || 2Kgs 25:12 (ולגבים Kt, וּלְיוֺגְבִים Qr) = Jer 52:16 (וּלְֹיגְבִים; both with כֹּרְמִים); Klo propose to emend these, so as to read in all וַיִּתֵּן לָהֶם כְּרָמִים וְגֵבִים and gave to them vineyards and cisterns; another view in Th; compare further גוב, יגב. — I. גֵּב see below גבה.

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