"גאון" meaning in Hebrew

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Noun

Forms: גָּאוֹן [canonical], ga'ón [romanization], גְּאוֹנִים [indefinite, plural], גְּאוֹן־ [construct, singular], גְּאוֹנֵי־ [construct, plural], גְּאוֹנָה [feminine]
Etymology: Root ג־א־ה (g-ʾ-h) Related to גאווה (ga'avá, “pride”), גאות (ge'út, “majesty”), and גאה (ge'eh, “proud”). Modern usage is phono-semantic matching of English genius. Etymology templates: {{l|he|ג־א־ה|tr=g-ʾ-h}} ג־א־ה (g-ʾ-h), {{HE root|גאה}} Root ג־א־ה (g-ʾ-h), {{doublet|he|גאווה|גאות|גאה|notext=1|t1=pride|t2=majesty|t3=proud|tr1=ga'avá|tr2=ge'út|tr3=ge'eh}} גאווה (ga'avá, “pride”), גאות (ge'út, “majesty”), and גאה (ge'eh, “proud”), {{psm|he|en|genius|nocap=1}} phono-semantic matching of English genius Head templates: {{he-noun|cons=גאון|conswv=גְּאוֹן|f=גאונה|fwv=גְּאוֹנָה|g=m|pl=גאונים|plcons=גאוני|plconswv=גְּאוֹנֵי|plwv=גְּאוֹנִים|tr=ga'ón|wv=גָּאוֹן}} גָּאוֹן • (ga'ón) m (plural indefinite גְּאוֹנִים, singular construct גְּאוֹן־, plural construct גְּאוֹנֵי־, feminine counterpart גְּאוֹנָה)
  1. (biblical) pride Categories (topical): Bible
    Sense id: en-גאון-he-noun-RwZkvVn1 Categories (other): Hebrew terms belonging to the root ג־א־ה Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root ג־א־ה: 39 26 35 Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
  2. (religious) Gaon (a title usually given to heads of Talmudic academies in Babylon)
    Sense id: en-גאון-he-noun-W5aBefMX Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant target parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Hebrew terms belonging to the root ג־א־ה Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 22 66 13 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant target parameters: 22 62 15 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 23 62 16 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root ג־א־ה: 39 26 35
  3. (modern) genius Tags: modern
    Sense id: en-גאון-he-noun-ntFC1gxF Categories (other): Hebrew terms belonging to the root ג־א־ה Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root ג־א־ה: 39 26 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: גְּאוֹנוּת (geonút), הגאון מווילנה (haga'ón mivílna), הַגָּאוֹן מִוִּילְנָה (haga'ón mivílna)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for גאון meaning in Hebrew (4.6kB)

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "geonút",
      "word": "גְּאוֹנוּת"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "haga'ón mivílna",
      "word": "הגאון מווילנה"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "haga'ón mivílna",
      "word": "הַגָּאוֹן מִוִּילְנָה"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "ג־א־ה",
        "tr": "g-ʾ-h"
      },
      "expansion": "ג־א־ה (g-ʾ-h)",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "גאה"
      },
      "expansion": "Root\n ג־א־ה (g-ʾ-h)",
      "name": "HE root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "גאווה",
        "3": "גאות",
        "4": "גאה",
        "notext": "1",
        "t1": "pride",
        "t2": "majesty",
        "t3": "proud",
        "tr1": "ga'avá",
        "tr2": "ge'út",
        "tr3": "ge'eh"
      },
      "expansion": "גאווה (ga'avá, “pride”), גאות (ge'út, “majesty”), and גאה (ge'eh, “proud”)",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "genius",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "phono-semantic matching of English genius",
      "name": "psm"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Root\n ג־א־ה (g-ʾ-h)\nRelated to גאווה (ga'avá, “pride”), גאות (ge'út, “majesty”), and גאה (ge'eh, “proud”). Modern usage is phono-semantic matching of English genius.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "גָּאוֹן",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga'ón",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "גְּאוֹנִים",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "גְּאוֹן־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "גְּאוֹנֵי־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "גְּאוֹנָה",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "cons": "גאון",
        "conswv": "גְּאוֹן",
        "f": "גאונה",
        "fwv": "גְּאוֹנָה",
        "g": "m",
        "pl": "גאונים",
        "plcons": "גאוני",
        "plconswv": "גְּאוֹנֵי",
        "plwv": "גְּאוֹנִים",
        "tr": "ga'ón",
        "wv": "גָּאוֹן"
      },
      "expansion": "גָּאוֹן • (ga'ón) m (plural indefinite גְּאוֹנִים, singular construct גְּאוֹן־, plural construct גְּאוֹנֵי־, feminine counterpart גְּאוֹנָה)",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Bible",
          "orig": "he:Bible",
          "parents": [
            "Books",
            "Christianity",
            "Judaism",
            "Literature",
            "Mass media",
            "Abrahamism",
            "Culture",
            "Entertainment",
            "Writing",
            "Media",
            "Religion",
            "Society",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 26 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms belonging to the root ג־א־ה",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pride"
      ],
      "id": "en-גאון-he-noun-RwZkvVn1",
      "links": [
        [
          "biblical",
          "Bible"
        ],
        [
          "pride",
          "pride"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biblical) pride"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biblical",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "22 66 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 62 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant target parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 62 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 26 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms belonging to the root ג־א־ה",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Gaon (a title usually given to heads of Talmudic academies in Babylon)"
      ],
      "id": "en-גאון-he-noun-W5aBefMX",
      "links": [
        [
          "Gaon",
          "Gaon"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ],
        [
          "Talmudic",
          "Talmudic"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "religious",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(religious) Gaon (a title usually given to heads of Talmudic academies in Babylon)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "39 26 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms belonging to the root ג־א־ה",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Netanyahu is a democrat and peace advocate in exactly the same way that Trump is a very stable genius.",
          "ref": "2020 January 29, איתי מק, “מפגש פסגה בין העליונות הלבנה לעליונות היהודית”, in Mekomit",
          "roman": "Netanyáhu hu demokrát v-shoḥér shalóm bidyúk k-fi she-Tromp ga'ón yatziv m'od.",
          "text": "נתניהו הוא דמוקרט ושוחר שלום בדיוק כפי שטראמפ גאון יציב מאוד.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "genius"
      ],
      "id": "en-גאון-he-noun-ntFC1gxF",
      "links": [
        [
          "genius",
          "genius"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(modern) genius"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "modern"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "גאון"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Hebrew doublets",
    "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew links with redundant target parameters",
    "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Hebrew masculine nouns",
    "Hebrew nouns",
    "Hebrew phono-semantic matchings from English",
    "Hebrew terms belonging to the root ג־א־ה",
    "Hebrew terms derived from English"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "geonút",
      "word": "גְּאוֹנוּת"
    },
    {
      "roman": "haga'ón mivílna",
      "word": "הגאון מווילנה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "haga'ón mivílna",
      "word": "הַגָּאוֹן מִוִּילְנָה"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "ג־א־ה",
        "tr": "g-ʾ-h"
      },
      "expansion": "ג־א־ה (g-ʾ-h)",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "גאה"
      },
      "expansion": "Root\n ג־א־ה (g-ʾ-h)",
      "name": "HE root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "גאווה",
        "3": "גאות",
        "4": "גאה",
        "notext": "1",
        "t1": "pride",
        "t2": "majesty",
        "t3": "proud",
        "tr1": "ga'avá",
        "tr2": "ge'út",
        "tr3": "ge'eh"
      },
      "expansion": "גאווה (ga'avá, “pride”), גאות (ge'út, “majesty”), and גאה (ge'eh, “proud”)",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "genius",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "phono-semantic matching of English genius",
      "name": "psm"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Root\n ג־א־ה (g-ʾ-h)\nRelated to גאווה (ga'avá, “pride”), גאות (ge'út, “majesty”), and גאה (ge'eh, “proud”). Modern usage is phono-semantic matching of English genius.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "גָּאוֹן",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga'ón",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "גְּאוֹנִים",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "גְּאוֹן־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "גְּאוֹנֵי־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "גְּאוֹנָה",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "cons": "גאון",
        "conswv": "גְּאוֹן",
        "f": "גאונה",
        "fwv": "גְּאוֹנָה",
        "g": "m",
        "pl": "גאונים",
        "plcons": "גאוני",
        "plconswv": "גְּאוֹנֵי",
        "plwv": "גְּאוֹנִים",
        "tr": "ga'ón",
        "wv": "גָּאוֹן"
      },
      "expansion": "גָּאוֹן • (ga'ón) m (plural indefinite גְּאוֹנִים, singular construct גְּאוֹן־, plural construct גְּאוֹנֵי־, feminine counterpart גְּאוֹנָה)",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "he:Bible"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pride"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biblical",
          "Bible"
        ],
        [
          "pride",
          "pride"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biblical) pride"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biblical",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Gaon (a title usually given to heads of Talmudic academies in Babylon)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Gaon",
          "Gaon"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ],
        [
          "Talmudic",
          "Talmudic"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "religious",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(religious) Gaon (a title usually given to heads of Talmudic academies in Babylon)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Netanyahu is a democrat and peace advocate in exactly the same way that Trump is a very stable genius.",
          "ref": "2020 January 29, איתי מק, “מפגש פסגה בין העליונות הלבנה לעליונות היהודית”, in Mekomit",
          "roman": "Netanyáhu hu demokrát v-shoḥér shalóm bidyúk k-fi she-Tromp ga'ón yatziv m'od.",
          "text": "נתניהו הוא דמוקרט ושוחר שלום בדיוק כפי שטראמפ גאון יציב מאוד.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "genius"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "genius",
          "genius"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(modern) genius"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "modern"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "גאון"
}

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