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title: גֶּשֶׁם — rain · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גֶּשֶׁם (1653), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 35 times: rain. BDB 1906: n.m. rain, shower. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גֶּשֶׁם

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«גֶּשֶׁם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **rain** — 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:** 35 times · **Key:** 1653 · **BDB:** גֶּ֫שֶׁם²

### Glosses

rain (27); rains (4); \[is\].rains (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1653/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. rain, shower [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1653/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Gn 7:12 rain, shower (NH id., conn. wi. above √ dub.)—abs. ג׳ Gn 7:12 +; גָּ֑שֶׁם 1 K 18:41 +; cstr. גֶּשֶׁם Jb 37:6(×2) +; pl. גְּשָׁמִים Ezr 10:9, 13; cstr. גִּשְׁמֵי Ez 34:26; sf. גִּשְׁמֵיכֶם Lv 26:4; גִּשְׁמֵיהֶם ψ 105:32;—rain, shower Gn 7:12; 8:2 (both J) Lv 26:4 (H) Ho 6:3 Am 4:7; Je 5:24; 14:4; Is 44:14; 55:10; Ez 1:28 Jo 2:23 (‖ מוֹרֶה, מַלְקוֹשׁ); 1 K 17:7, 14; 18:45 (ג׳ גדול) 2 K 3:17; Pr 25:14, 23; Ec 11:3; Ct 2:11 ψ 105:32 וּמֵהַגּ׳ Ezr 10:9 and because of the rains, cf. v 13; קוֹל הֲמוֹן הַגּ׳ 1 K 18:41 cf. v 44 Zc 14:17; Ec 12:2; גֶּשֶׁם מָטָ֑ר וְג׳ מִטְרוֹת עֻזּוֹ Jb 37:6; מְטַר־גֶּשֶׁם Zc 10:1; cf. ג׳ נְדָבוֹת ψ 68:10; fig. of blessing Ez 34:26, ג׳ בְּרָכָה v 26; of destruction ג׳ שֹׁטֵף Ez 13:11, 13 cf. 38:22.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 33 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גֶּשֶׁם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1653/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 105:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.105.32/)

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נָתַ֣ן גִּשְׁמֵיהֶ֣ם בָּרָ֑ד אֵ֖שׁ לֶהָב֣וֹת בְּאַרְצָֽם׃

*Word for word:* he.made rains their hail a.fire of.flames \[was\].in land their

*JPS 1917:* He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.

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[Proverbs 25:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.25.23/)

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ר֣וּחַ צָ֭פוֹן תְּח֣וֹלֵֽל גָּ֑שֶׁם וּפָנִ֥ים נִ֝זְעָמִ֗ים לְשׁ֣וֹן סָֽתֶר׃

*Word for word:* a.wind of.\[the\].north it.brings.forth rain and faces indignant a.tongue of.secrecy

*JPS 1917:* The north wind bringeth forth rain, and a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.

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