Lexical Definition

‎גֹּמֶר‎ Gômer (go'-mer) Gomer ^N:N-M-P
from ‎גָּמַר‎; completion

Gomer.

• § Gomer = "complete"
• Gomer, the name of a son of Japheth and of his descendants
• also of a Hebrewess

n pr m
1) the eldest son of Japheth and grandson of Noah; the progenitor of the early Cimmerians and other branches of the Celtic family
n pr f
2) the unfaithful wife of the prophet Hosea; Hosea's relationship with her was symbolic of God's relationship with wayward Israel

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎גֹּ֫מָר‎ proper name

1.masculine a. son of Japhet Gen 10:2; Gen 10:3 = 1Chr 1:5; 1Chr 1:6; Ezek 38:6 Lag^{Onom. Sacr. 2, 95, 2nd ed. 367, see BN 77} proposes ‎גמרים‎ for ‎גמדים‎ Ezek 27:11 q. v.; he identification ‎גֹּמֶר‎ with Cappadocia (compare ᵑ7 Ezek 27:11, Kiep^{Lb. d. alt. Geogr. 91}) = Armenian Gamir -χ (with plural ending) see also Lag^{Arm. Stud. 32 § 448}; compare further Assyrian Gimirrai, Schr^{KG 157 ff.} Dl^{Pa 245 f.} also Len^{Or.ii. 1, 332 ff.}

2. feminine wife of Hosea, Hos 1:3.

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