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Isaiah 50:6

“I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

גֵּוgêv · gave
H1460 · Hebrew

Definition: the back; by analogy, the middle
Derivation: from H1342 (גָּאָה) (corresponding to H1354 (גַב));
KJV renderings: [phrase] among, back, body.
Grammar: גֵּוִ — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
י֙ — suffix (pronominal), 1st person, common, singular
Code HNcmsc/Sp1cs
Usage: Occurs 7 times in the Hebrew Bible.Job 30:5 Proverbs 10:13 Proverbs 19:29 Proverbs 26:3 Isaiah 38:17

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read גֵּו here.

Verse 5 Verse 7

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.