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H1406 גָּג (gâg) gawg
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

probably by reduplication from 1342; a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar

KJV Usage: roof (of the house), (house) top (of the house)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

גָּג (gag) — roof. 1) roof, top, housetop 1a) roof (of house) 1b) top (of altar of incense)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m

Buildings

roof = the structure forming the upper covering of a building, usually built as a terrace, to which one goes up by stairs

DEU 22:8 · JOS 2:6 · JOS 2:6 · JOS 2:8 · JDG 9:51 · JDG 16:27 · 1SA 9:25 · 1SA 9:26 · 2SA 11:2 · 2SA 11:2 · 2SA 16:22 · 2SA 18:24 · 2KI 19:26 · 2KI 23:12 · NEH 8:16 · PSA 102:8 · PSA 129:6 · PRO 21:9 · PRO 25:24 · ISA 15:3 · ISA 22:1 · ISA 37:27 · JER 19:13 · JER 32:29 · JER 48:38 · EZK 40:13 · EZK 40:13 · ZEP 1:5

Furnishings

top = the upper covering of an artifact

EXO 30:3 · EXO 37:26

1 1SA 9:26 MT-K הגג | MT-Q הַגָּגָה

Enio R. Mueller

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

גָּג n.m. roof, top roof

top of altar of incense, in tabern.

base

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