BDB1452
I. גִּבְעָה
noun feminine
hill — absolute גִּבְעָה
2Sam 2:25 + 13 t.
+ Ezek 6:13
(strike out Co q. v.) 1Sam 7:1; 2Sam 6:3; 2Sam 6:4 (compare Dr); construct
גִּבְעַת
Josh 5:3 + 8 t. + 1Sam 10:5 (compare
Dr); suffix גִּבְעָתִי
Ezek 34:26
(but strike out Co), גִּבְעָתָהּ
Isa 31:4 plural
absolute גְּבָעוֺת
Deut 12:2 + 35 t.;
construct גִּבְעוֺת
Deut 33:15;
Hab 3:6,
גִּבְעֹת
Gen 49:26 suffix
גִּבְעוֺתֶיךָ
Ezek 35:8 —
hill, height, elevation, both high and low, compare Ps 148:9
ההרים וכל גבעות, Ps 65:13 —
1. in ordinary prose, hill, lower than mountain Exod 17:9; Exod 17:10 (
E
) 2Sam 2:25
it may be proper name in 1Sam 7:1; 1Sam 10:10; 2Sam 6:3; 2Sam 6:4 see also below II. גִּבְעָה.
2. especially as place of illicit worship גְּבֹהָה ותחת כל עץ רענן
׳
עַל כָּלגֿ
1Kgs 14:23;
2Kgs 17:10;
Jer 2:20 compare
Deut 12:2; 2Kgs 16:4; 2Chr 28:4 (these
two + במות); also Hos 4:13; Jer 13:27; Jer 17:2; Ezek 6:13 (see above).
3. very commonly || הר in poetry & prophets Deut 33:15; Ps 72:3; Ps 114:4; Ps 114:6; Ps 148:9; Song 2:8; Song 4:6; Isa 2:2; Isa 2:14; Isa 30:17; Isa 30:25; Isa 31:4; Isa 40:4; Isa 40:12; Isa 41:15; Isa 42:15; Isa 54:10; Isa 55:12; Isa 65:7; Jer 3:23; Jer 4:24; Jer 16:16; Jer 50:7; Ezek 6:3; Ezek 34:6; Ezek 35:8; Ezek 36:4; Ezek 36:6; Hos 4:13; Hos 10:8; Josh 4:18; Amos 9:13; Mic 4:1; Mic 6:1; Nah 1:5; Hab 3:6 rarely in prose Deut 12:2 sometimes as high and
majestic (poetry) עולם
׳
ג
Gen 49:26; Deut 33:15; Hab 3:6 ('everlasting
hills'); compare also
Job 15:7;
Prov 8:25(with adjective high, compare above); see also Jer 49:16.
4. hills with special names, some nearly or quite = proper name, of a location, which see under the
respective words: מֹרֶה
׳
ג
Judg 7:1
teacher's hill, in valley of Jezreel; הָעֲרָלוֺת
׳
ג
Josh 5:3
hill of the fore-skins; הָאֱלֹהִים
׳
ג
1Sam 10:5 (a
designation of Gibeah); הַחֲכִילָה
׳
ג
1Sam 23:19;
1Sam 26:1; 1Sam 26:3
אַמָּה
׳
ג
2Sam 2:24
הַלְּבוֺנָה
׳
ג
Song 4:6 (i.e. hill
where frankincense is grown); גָּרֵב֑
׳
ג
Jer 31:39
יְרוּשָׁלַם
׳
ג
Isa 10:32
compare Isa 31:4
(where || הַרצִֿיּוֺן), Ezek 34:26 (see above) & הַגְּבָעוֺת
Zeph 1:10 hills
on which Jerusalem stands.