To starve to death/ perish of (from) hunger

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To starve to death/ perish of (from) hunger

To starve to death/ perish of (from) hunger

To die from hunger. To perish and die because of hunger.

("And therefore he showed him in his dream the beginning cows, to show that for the sake of the animals the Lord informs Pharaoh that they shall not perish by hunger, and for the sake of the animals the Lord will save" - Meshech Hochmah on Genesis 41, and also: "Because of our many sins, he went to it to taste it, starving seven times from Sabbath eve to Sabbath eve" - Ch. Hazaz / Shlulit Genuzah, 129)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

גּוֹוֵעַ בְּרָעָב

Definition (Hebrew)

מֵת בְּרָעָב. גָּוַע וּמֵת בִּגְלַל רָעָב.

("וְלָכֵן הֶרְאוּ לוֹ בַּחֲלוֹמוֹ הַפָּרוֹת תְּחִלָּה, לְהַרְאוֹת שֶׁבִּשְׁבִיל הַבְּהֵמוֹת מוֹדִיעַ ה' לְפַרְעֹה אֲשֶׁר בַּל יִגְוְעוּ בָּרָעָב, וּבִשְׁבִיל בְּהֵמָה יוֹשִׁיעַ ה'"- מֶשֶׁךְ חָכְמָה בְּרֵאשִׁית מָא לג, וְכֵן:"בַּעֲווֹנוֹתֵינוּ הָרַבִּים,הָלַךְ אֵלֶיהָ לְטַעְמוֹ, גּוֹוֵעַ שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים בְּרָעָב מֵעֶרֶב שַׁבָּת לְעֶרֶב שַׁבָּת"- ח.הָזָז/ שְׁלוּלִית גְּנוּזָה, 129)

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