גַּב m.n. 1 back. 2 mound, hillock. 3 vault. [The literal meaning of גַּב is ‘something curved’. It derives from גבב. cp. גֵּב ᴵᴵ, גַּבָּה. cp. also גֵּו and the second element in שַׁטְגַּב.] Derivative: גִבּוּי ᴵᴵ.