Lexical Definition

‎גֶּשֶׁם‎ geshem (gheh'-shem) rain ^H:N-M
from ‎גָּשַׁם‎

rain, shower.

• a shower

1) rain, shower

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: גֶּשֶׁם
II. ‎גֶּ֫שֶׁם‎ noun masculine^{Gen 7:12} rain, shower (Late Hebrew id., connected with above √ dubious) — absolute ‎׳‎‎ג‎ Gen 7:12 +; ‎גָּ֑שֶׁם‎ 1Kgs 18:41 +; construct ‎גֶּשֶׁם‎ Job 37:6 (twice in verse) +; plural ‎גְּשָׁמִים‎ Ezek 10:9; Ezek 10:13 construct ‎גִּשְׁמֵי‎ Ezek 34:26 suffix ‎גִּשְׁמֵיכֶם‎ Lev 26:4 ‎גִּשְׁמֵיהֶם‎ Ps 105:32 — rain, shower Gen 7:12; Gen 8:2 (both J) Lev 26:4 (H) Hos 6:3; Amos 4:7; Jer 5:24; Jer 14:4; Isa 44:14; Isa 55:10; Ezek 1:28; Joel 2:23 (|| ‎מוֺרֶה‎, ‎מַלְקוֺשׁ‎); 1Kgs 17:7; 1Kgs 17:14; 1Kgs 18:45 (‎׳‎‎ג‎ ‎גדול‎) 2Kgs 3:17; Prov 25:14; Prov 25:23; Eccl 11:3; Song 2:11; Ps 105:32, ‎׳‎‎וּמֵהַגּ‎ Ezra 10:9 and because of the rains, compare vEzra 10:13 ‎׳‎‎קוֺל הֲמוֺן הַגּ‎ 1Kgs 18:41 compare v1Kgs 18:44; Zech 14:17; Eccl 12:2 ‎גֶּשֶׁם‎ ‎מִטְרוֺת עֻזּוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎מָטָ֑ר וְג‎ Job 37:6 ‎מְטַרגֶּֿשֶׁם‎ Zech 10:1 compare ‎נְדָבוֺת‎ ‎׳‎‎ג‎ Ps 68:10* figurative of blessing Ezek 34:26, ‎בְּרָכָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ג‎ vEzek 34:26 of destruction ‎שֹׁטֵף‎ ‎׳‎‎ג‎ Ezek 13:11; Ezek 13:13 compare Ezek 38:22.

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