גבוהּ

גָּבוֹהַּm. (b. h.; preced. ws.), constr. גְּבַהּ 1) high, exalted, elevated Sot.5a among men ג׳ רואה את הַגָּ׳וכ׳ a high persou looks up to a higher one, but ignores the lower one. Gen. R. s. 22 (ref. to Ps. 32:1) happy is he שהוא ג׳ מפשעווכ׳ who is higher than (who controls) his sin, and whose sin is not higher than himself; a. fr.Snh.5b (in Chald. diction) אבוה … גְּבַהּ עינים הוה this mans (my) father was ambitious.Fem. גְּבוֹהָה. Ab. V, 19 רוח ג׳ haughtiness, opp. נמוכה.Pl. גְּבוֹהִים, f. גְּבוֹהוֹת. Esth. R. to IV, 7 הג׳ הושפלו the high were lowered.Y.Shebi.VI, 36c top עיניו … היו ג׳ my father was ambitious, v. supra.Esp. הַגָּבוֹהַּ the Most High. Y.Snh.VII, 25b top; ib. c top בעבודתה בעבודת(ה)ג׳ with a service peculiar to it (that idol), or with a service prescribed for the worship of the Lord; Y.Naz.VI, beg.54c למלאכת הג׳ referring to a service prescribed for the worship of the Lord (but applied to an idol).Y.Ned.I, 37a top; Y.Naz.I, beg.51a לשון ג׳ הוא it is an expression alluding to Divinity, v. חֶרֶס.לַגָּ׳ for the Lord, on the altar. Pes.3b אליה לג׳ סלקא the fat-tail is offered on the altar; a. fr. 2) an abnormally tall and slim person with shaking gait. Bekh.45b (explain. קפח, כיפח Mish.) גבוה ed. (Ar. גִּבֵּחַ).Fem. גְּבֹוהִית. Ib. (Ar. גִּבַּחַת).