Lexical Definition

‎גֶּרֶם‎ gerem (gheh'-rem) bone ^H:N-M
from ‎גָּרַם‎

bone, strong, top.

• a bone (as the skeleton of the body)
• hence, self, i.e. (figuratively) very

1) bone, strength, bare?, self?
1a) bone
1b) strength, strong-boned
1c) self?, bare? (of stairs)

See Greek: ὀστέον

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: ge.rem (‎ג‎ְּ‎ר‎ַ‎ם‎ "bone" גֶּרֶם)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: גֶּרֶם
‎גֶּ֫רֶם‎ noun [masculine] bone, strength, self (?) (Arabic body, Aramaic ‎גְּרַם‎, bone, self) — absolute ‎גָּ֑רֶם‎ Gen 49:14 + 2 t.; construct ‎גֶּרֶם‎ 2Kgs 9:13 suffix ‎גְּרָמָיו‎ Job 40:18

1. bone Prov 17:22 (collective) Prov 25:15 of behemoth (hippopotamus) Job 40:18 (|| ‎עצם‎ q. v.)

2. strength Gen 49:14 ‎חֲמֹר גָּ֑רֶם‎ strong ass (literally bony, so VB).

3. self (compare ‎עצם‎), 2Kgs 9:13 ‎גֶּרֶם הַמַּעֲלוֺת‎ so Ges Ew Ke, but text dubious, see conjectures in Klo.

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