BDB1617 [H1518]

[גִּיחַ, גּוּחַ] verb burst forth (compare ZMG 1883, 538; Late Hebrew id., Aramaic id., and ; Ethiopic break forth, of light, etc.) —

Qal Imperfect יָגִיחַ Job 40:23, masculine singular וַתָּ֫גַח Ezek 32:2 Imperative feminine singular גֹּ֫חִי Mic 4:10 Infinitive suffix (בְּ)גִיחו Job 38:8 Participle suffix גֹּחִ֫י Ps 22:10 (but compare below); —
1. intransitive burst forth, of dashing river (a very Jordan) Job 40:23 of sea figurative as babe from womb Job 38:8, compare
2. transitive
\ \ a. draw forth from womb (subject ׳י) Ps 22:10 (where read גָּחִ֫י participle from גּוּחַ, or regard גֹּחִי as metaplastic, as if from ג֗֗֗חח? see De & Checritical note) compare Ps 71:6 also
\ \ b. thrust forth, bring forth, rather 'break forth (with that which is to be born),' figurative of travail, applied to Jerusalem in distress Mic 4:10 (compare Sta§ 599 b i. 505); burst forth with rivers (figurative of Pharaoh under image of תַּנִּים) Ezek 32:2, but for בנהרותיך (rivers) read probably בִּנְחִרוֺתֶיךָ Job 41:12 (nostrils), i.e. snort with thy nostrils, so Ew Co; on figurative then compare Job 41:11-13.


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