גאון
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See also: גאָון
Aramaic
Noun
גָּאוֹן • (transliteration needed) ?
Hebrew
Etymology
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| ג־א־ה (g-ʾ-h) |
Related to גאווה (ga'avá, “pride”), גאות (ge'út, “majesty”), and גאה (ge'eh, “proud”). Modern usage is phono-semantic matching of English genius.
Noun
גָּאוֹן • (ga'ón) m (plural indefinite גְּאוֹנִים, singular construct גְּאוֹן־, plural construct גְּאוֹנֵי־, feminine counterpart גְּאוֹנָה)
- (biblical) pride
- Tanach, Proverbs 16:18, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- לִפְנֵי־שֶׁבֶר גָּאוֹן וְלִפְנֵי כִשָּׁלוֹן גֹּבַהּ רוּחַ׃
- Lifné shéver ga'ón v-lifné khishalón góvah rúaḥ.
- Pride goeth before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.
- (religious) Gaon (a title usually given to heads of Talmudic academies in Babylon)
- (modern) genius
- 2020 January 29, איתי מק, “מפגש פסגה בין העליונות הלבנה לעליונות היהודית”, in Mekomit:
- נתניהו הוא דמוקרט ושוחר שלום בדיוק כפי שטראמפ גאון יציב מאוד.
- Netanyáhu hu demokrát v-shoḥér shalóm bidyúk k-fi she-Tromp ga'ón yatziv m'od.
- Netanyahu is a democrat and peace advocate in exactly the same way that Trump is a very stable genius.
Derived terms
- גְּאוֹנוּת (geonút)
- הגאון מווילנה / הַגָּאוֹן מִוִּילְנָה (haga'ón mivílna)
References
Further reading
גאון on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Yiddish
Noun
גאון • (goen) m, plural גאונים (geoynim)
- (nonstandard) Unpointed form of גאָון (goen).