גַּב ², back, body &c. Targ. Y. II, Ex. II, 3 ג׳ נהרא river-side (Y. I גֵּיף). Targ. Job XIII, 12 גב טינא a body (lump) of clay.—Ḥull. 47ᵇ אגבא on top, opp. מגואי inside, below. Sabb. 109ᵃ אג׳ דכרעיה on his foot. Yoma 78ᵃ ג׳ דכרעא הוה it was the back (dorsum) of the foot, cmp. preced.גב רגל; a. fr.—Pl. גַּבִּין, גַּבֵּי־. Targ. Y. Gen. XXXI, 10; a. e.—[גבייה. Gen. R. s. 8, some ed., read גביים, v. preced.].—עַל גַּב, עַל גַּבֵּי as preced. Targ. II Chr. XXI, 3 ע"ג קרקע, v. אַגַּב. Targ. Y. II, Lev. I, 17; a. e.—ע"ג ידא upon one’s hand; כע"ג י׳ (כד, כִּיד) as upon one’s hand, i.e. exposed to danger. Targ. Job. XIII, 14; a. fr.—Also ellipt. כעל גב. Targ. Jud. IX, 17; a. e.
גַּב ², (prep.) גַּב, גַּבֵּיtowards, with &c. Targ. Y. II, Num. XXI, 9.—With suffix of pers. pron. Targ. Job XIX, 4; a. fr.—Gen. R. s. 33 יתיב גַּבֵּיה he sat with him. Ib. גַּבְּכוֹן in your country. Y. Ned. VI, 40ᵃ sent letters גבי ר׳ יצחק through R. &c. Ib. גַּבָּן (thus we read) in our country. Ber. 10ᵃ ליתי … גַּבָּאי let Ezekiel come to me. Gen. R. s. 35 מן גַּבֵּיה ועד גַּבִּי from those with him &c., from his generation to mine.—Bets. 25ᵇ זיל לגבי דר׳ וכ׳ go to see R. &c.; a. v. fr.
