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title: גֹּמֶר — Gomer · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גֹּמֶר (1586), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Gomer. BDB 1906: n.pr. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גֹּמֶר

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«גֹּמֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Gomer** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 1586 · **BDB:** גֹּ֫מֶר

### Glosses

\[were\].Gomer (2); of.Gomer (2); Gomer (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Gomer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1586/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1586/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. m. a. son of Japhet Gn 10:2, 3 = 1 Ch 1:5, 6; Ez 38:6; LagOnom. Sacr. 2, 95, 2nd ed. 367, v. BN 77 proposes גמרים for גמדים Ez 27:11 q.v.; he identif. גֹּמֵר with Cappadocia (cf. 𝔗 Ez 27:11, KiepLb. d. alt. Geogr. 91) = Armen. Gamiṛ —χ (with pl. ending) v. also LagArm. Stud. 32 § 448; cf. further Assyrian Gimirrai, SchrKG 157 ff. DlPa 245 f. also LenOr. ii. 1, 332 ff. f. wife of Hosea, Ho 1:3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גֹּמֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1586/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 10:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.10.3/)

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וּבְנֵ֖י גֹּ֑מֶר אַשְׁכֲּנַ֥ז וְרִיפַ֖ת וְתֹגַרְמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Gomer \[were\].Ashkenaz and Riphath and Togarmah

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

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[1 Chronicles 1:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.6/)

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וּבְנֵ֖י גֹּ֑מֶר אַשְׁכֲּנַ֥ז וְדִיפַ֖ת וְתוֹגַרְמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Gomer \[were\].Ashkenaz and Diphath and Togarmah

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Diphath, and Togarmah.

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