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title: גֵּרְשֹׁם — Gershom · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גֵּרְשֹׁם (1648), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: Gershom. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גֵּרְשֹׁם

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«גֵּרְשֹׁם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Gershom** — 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:** 14 times · **Key:** 1648 · **BDB:** גֵּרְשֹׁם

### Glosses

of.Gershom (8); Gershom (3); \[were\].Gershom (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Gershom [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1648/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1648/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. son of Moses \& Ṣipporah Ex 2:22 (expl. as if from גור) = 18:3; גֵּרְשׁוֹם 1 Ch 23:15, 16; 26:24; so also גֵּרְשֹׁם Ju 18:30 MT בֶּן־מְנַשֶּׁה cf. VB a son of Levi גֵּרְשֹׁם 1 Ch 6:1, 28; 15:7 (cf. גֵּרְשׁוֹן); גֵּרְשׁוֹם 1 Ch 6:2, 5, 47, 56. a son of Phinehas Ezr 8:2.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (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 «גֵּרְשֹׁם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1648/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 23:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.23.15/)

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בְּנֵ֣י מֹשֶׁ֔ה גֵּרְשֹׁ֖ם וֶאֱלִיעֶֽזֶר׃

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Moses \[were\].Gershom and Eliezer

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Moses: Gershom, and Eliezer.

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[1 Chronicles 23:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.23.16/)

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בְּנֵ֥י גֵרְשׁ֖וֹם שְׁבוּאֵ֥ל הָרֹֽאשׁ׃

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Gershom \[were\].Shebuel the chief

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.

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