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title: גֹּמֶא — rush · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גֹּמֶא (1573), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: rush. BDB 1906: n.m. rush, reed, papyrus. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גֹּמֶא

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«גֹּמֶא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **rush** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 1573 · **BDB:** גֹּ֫מֶא

### Glosses

of.papyrus (2); papyrus (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rush [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1573/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. rush, reed, papyrus [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1573/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Jb 8:11 rush, reed, papyrus (cf. Löw p. 55) (NH גּוֹמֶא, Ethiopic ጎሜዕ loan-word, according to Di;—name from swallowing, sucking up, water? so Thes, cf. Che Is 18:2 al.; = Copt. gome, v. Di Ex 2:3 whence others der. as loan-word)—גֹּ֫מֶא Ex 2:3 + 3 times;—rush, paper-reed, (Egyptian) Jb 8:11 (‖ אָחוּ; coll. Is 35:7 (‖ קָנֶה); as material, תֵּבַת ג׳ Ex 2:3 chest of paper-reed; כְּלֵי־ג׳ Is 18:2 vessels of paper-reed.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גֹּמֶא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1573/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 8:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.11/)

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הֲיִֽגְאֶה־גֹּ֭מֶא בְּלֹ֣א בִצָּ֑ה יִשְׂגֶּה־אָ֥חוּ בְלִי־מָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* will it.grow.tall? papyrus with not swamp will.it.grow? reed\[s\] not water

*JPS 1917:* Can the rush shoot up without mire? Can the reed-grass grow without water?

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[Isaiah 35:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.35.7/)

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וְהָיָ֤ה הַשָּׁרָב֙ לַאֲגַ֔ם וְצִמָּא֖וֹן לְמַבּ֣וּעֵי מָ֑יִם בִּנְוֵ֤ה תַנִּים֙ רִבְצָ֔הּ חָצִ֖יר לְקָנֶ֥ה וָגֹֽמֶא׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.become the.parched ground (into).a pool and thirsty.ground \[will become\].(into).springs of.water \[will be\].in.a.habitation of.jackals place its.resting herbage \[will become\].(into).reed\[s\] and papyrus

*JPS 1917:* And the parched land shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water; in the habitation of jackals herds shall lie down, it shall be an enclosure for reeds and rushes.

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