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Hebrew
Pronunciation
Noun
גאווה / גַּאֲוָה • (ga'avá) f
- pride, arrogance
Tanach, Psalms 36:12, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:אַל־תְּבוֹאֵנִי רֶגֶל גַּאֲוָה וְיַד־רְשָׁעִים אַל־תְּנִדֵנִי׃- Al t'vo'éni régel ga'avá v-yad r'sha'ím al t'nidéni
- Let not the foot of pride overtake me, And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.
- excellence, glory
Tanach, Deuteronomy 33:26, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:אֵין כָּאֵל יְשֻׁרוּן רֹכֵב שָׁמַיִם בְעֶזְרֶךָ וּבְגַאֲוָתוֹ שְׁחָקִים׃- Ein k-El y'shurún rokhév shamáyim v-'ezrékha uv-ga'avató s'ḥaqím.
- There is none like unto God, O Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven as thy help, and in His excellency on the skies.
- ego
Declension
Derived terms
Yiddish
Etymology
From Hebrew גאווה.
Pronunciation
Noun
גאווה • (gayve) f
- arrogance
Derived terms
References
- Uriel Weinreich (1977) “arrogance”, in Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary, New York: Schocken Books, page 19