גאון

See also: גאָון‎

Aramaic

Noun

גָּאוֹן • (transliteration needed) ?

  1. majesty, pride

Hebrew

Etymology

Related to גאווה‎ (ga'avá, “pride”), גאות‎ (ge'út, “majesty”), and גאה‎ (ge'eh, “proud”). Modern usage is phono-semantic matching of English genius.

Noun

גָּאוֹן • (ga'ón) m (plural indefinite גְּאוֹנִים‎, singular construct גְּאוֹן־, plural construct גְּאוֹנֵי־‎, feminine counterpart גְּאוֹנָה‎)

  1. (biblical) pride
    • Proverbs 16:18, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      ‏לִפְנֵי־שֶׁבֶר גָּאוֹן וְלִפְנֵי כִשָּׁלוֹן גֹּבַהּ רוּחַ׃‎‎
      Lifné shéver ga'ón v-lifné khishalón góvah rúaḥ.
      Pride goeth before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.
  2. (religious) Gaon (a title usually given to heads of Talmudic academies in Babylon)
  3. (modern) genius
    • 2020 January 29, איתי מק, “מפגש פסגה בין העליונות הלבנה לעליונות היהודית”, in Mekomit:
      ‏נתניהו הוא דמוקרט ושוחר שלום בדיוק כפי שטראמפ גאון יציב מאוד.‎‎
      Netanyáhu hu demokrát v-shoḥér shalóm bidyúk k-fi she-Tromp ga'ón yatziv m'od.
      Netanyahu is a democrat and peace advocate in exactly the same way that Trump is a very stable genius.

Derived terms
  • גְּאוֹנוּת‎ (g'onút)

Yiddish

Noun

גאון • (goen) m, plural גאונים‎ (geoynim)

  1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of גאָון‎ (goen).
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