Jastrow: גְּבוּרָה

גְּבוּרָה f. (b. h.; גבר) 1) superiority, strength, might. Yoma 69ᵇ זו היא גְּבוּרָתוֹ Ms. M. (ed. גְּבוּרַת גבורתו) in this His strength consists (in His long-suffering). Kidd. 49ᵇ י׳ קבים ג׳ וכ׳ ten measures of bravery have come down into the world, nine of which the Persians have taken; Esth. R. to I, 3. Num. R. s. 10 (allud. to Koh. X, 17 a. Is. V, 22) ג׳ של תורה וכ׳ the strength (acquired by the study) of the Law consists in ‘happy’, the strength of wine in ‘woe’; a. fr.— הַגְּ׳ Divine Majesty, the Lord. Sabb. 87ᵃ. Ib. 88ᵇ, a. fr. מפי הג׳ from the mouth of the Lord. —3) high age, v. infra.—Pl. גְּבוּרוֹת 1) manifestations of Divine power, wonders. Yoma l. c. איה גְּבוּרוֹתָיו where are the evidences of His power (that we should call Him גבור)?—2) G’buroth, the second section of the T’fillah (v. אָבוֹת), praising the powers of the Lord, also called תְּחִיַית הַמֵּתִים. Y. Ber. IV, end, 8ᶜ this is the order &c. אבות וג׳ וכ׳ Aboth, G’buroth, and Kiddush hash-Shem (K’dushah).—ג׳ גְּשָׁמִים the power of rain, a clause praising the Lord for giving rains, inserted in G’buroth. Ber. V, 2 מזכירין ג׳ גש׳ we mention ‘the power of rain’, i.e. insert the clause, in ‘the Resurrection’, contrad. to the prayer for rain (שַׁאֲלָה). Taan. 2ᵃ מאי ג׳ גש׳ וכ׳ why is it named G’buroth G’shamim? Ans. מפני שיורדין בגבורה because the rains come down through (God’s) wonderful power (ref. to Job. V, 9—10).—3) (allusion to Ps. XC, 10) the age of eighty. M. Kat. 28ᵃ שמונים ג׳ (Ms. M. גבורה) ‘eighty years’ is called g’buroth (g’burah). Treat. S’maḥoth III, 8 מיתה של גבורה (Y. Bicc. II, 64ᶜ bot. של זקנה) a death of g’burah (at a high age); Ab. V, 21 בן שמנים לגבורה. M. Kat. l. c. הגיע לג׳ if one has reached the age of eighty.