Lexical Definition

‎גֵּרְשֹׁם‎ Gêrᵉshôm (gay-resh-ome') Gershom ^N:N-M-P
for ‎גֵּרְשׁוֹן‎

Gershom.

• § Gershom = "foreigner"
• Gereshom, the name of four Israelites

1) firstborn son of Moses and Zipporah
2) firstborn son of Levi
3) a son of the priestly family of Phinehas who returned from exile with Ezra

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.8.2

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎גֵּרְשֹׁם‎ proper name, masculine

1. son of Moses & Sipporah Exod 2:22 (explanation as if from ‎גור‎) = Exod 18:3 ‎גֵּרְשׁוֺם‎ 1Chr 23:15; 1Chr 23:16; 1Chr 26:24 so also ‎גֵּרְשֹׁם‎ Judg 18:30 ᵑ0 ‎בֶּןֿ‎ ‎מְנַשֶּׁה‎ compare VB.

2. a son of Levi ‎גֵּרְשֹׁם‎ 1Chr 6:1*; 1Chr 6:28*; 1Chr 15:7 (compare ‎גֵּרְשׁוֺן‎); ‎גֵּרְשׁוֺם‎ 1Chr 6:2*; 1Chr 6:5*; 1Chr 6:47*; 1Chr 6:56*.

3. a son of Phinehas Ezra 8:2.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Profile

Male • Returned from exile • Descendant of Phinehas; returned to Jerusalem with Ezra.

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Gershom, a descendant of Phinehas, was among the men who returned to Jerusalem with Ezra after the Babylonian exile.

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.8.2;
• only referred to as Gershom גֵּרְשֹׁם.

Gershom is mentioned briefly in Ezra 8:2 as one of the descendants of Phinehas who returned to Jerusalem with Ezra after the Babylonian exile. Phinehas was a son of Eleazar and a grandson of Aaron, the first high priest of Israel. As a descendant of Phinehas, Gershom would have been part of the priestly lineage. Ezra, a priest and scribe, led a group of Israelites back to Jerusalem in the 5th century BC, during the reign of the Persian king Artaxerxes. The purpose of this return was to reestablish Jewish worship and law in the land of Judah. The mention of Gershom and other descendants of prominent priestly families joining Ezra's mission highlights the importance of restoring the priesthood and religious practices in post-exilic Judah.

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