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title: גָּשַׁם — shower violently · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּשַׁם (1652), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: shower violently. BDB 1906: vb.denom. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּשַׁם

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«גָּשַׁם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **shower violently** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 1652 · **BDB:** גשׁם²

### Glosses

\[those.who\].send.rain (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

shower violently [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1652/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb.denom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1652/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb.denom. (cf. NH Qal Pt. pass. \& Hoph.)— Pf. 3 fs. גֻּשְׁמָ֯ה Ez 22:24 be rained upon (גֻּשְׁמָהּ Baer, but v. Ke Sm). cause or send rain, Pt. מַגְשִׁמִים Je 14:22.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גָּשַׁם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1652/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 14:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.14.22/)

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הֲיֵ֨שׁ בְּהַבְלֵ֤י הַגּוֹיִם֙ מַגְשִׁמִ֔ים וְאִם־הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם יִתְּנ֣וּ רְבִבִ֑ים הֲלֹ֨א אַתָּה־ה֜וּא יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ וּ֨נְקַוֶּה־לָּ֔ךְ כִּֽי־אַתָּ֥ה עָשִׂ֖יתָ אֶת־כָּל־אֵֽלֶּה׃פ

*Word for word:* \[are\] there? among the.vanities of the.nations \[those.who\].send.rain and or? the heavens do.they.give showers ? not you \[is\].it O.Yahweh God our and we.wait.eagerly for you (dm) you you.have.done (et) all these.\[things\]

*JPS 1917:* Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? Art not Thou He, O LORD our God, and do we not wait for Thee? For Thou hast made all these things.

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