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Hebrew
Etymology
From לְ־ (l'-) + גַּבֵּי (gabéi); hence literally “to the backs of”. A calque of Aramaic . First attested in the Talmud.
Preposition
לְגַבֵּי • (l'gabéi)
- About, regarding, in connection with, with respect to.
- יש לי כמה שאלות לגבי מה שאמרת. — yésh lí káma sh'elót l'gabéi má she'amárt(a). — I have some questions regarding what you said.
- הוא אופטימי לגבי עתידו. — hú optími l'gabéi atidó. — He is optimistic regarding his future.
Inflection
References
- “גַּב” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם) (1984), →ISBN, volume 1 of 3 (א to כ), →ISBN, page 152.
- “לְגַבֵּי” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם) (1984), →ISBN, volume 2 of 3 (ל to צ), →ISBN, page 584.