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title: גֶּשֶׁם — Geshem · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גֶּשֶׁם (1654), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Geshem. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. 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: **Geshem** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 1654 · **BDB:** גֶּ֫שֶׁם

### Glosses

Geshem (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Geshem [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1654/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1654/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. an opponent of Nehemiah Ne 2:19; 6:1 (in both called הָעַרְבִּי); v 2; also גַּשְׁמוּ 6:6; וּ as in Nab. n.pr. cf. Nö in Eut Nab 73.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 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/1490/1654/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 6:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.6.2/)

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וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח סַנְבַלַּ֤ט וְגֶ֙שֶׁם֙ אֵלַ֣י לֵאמֹ֔ר לְכָ֞ה וְנִֽוָּעֲדָ֥ה יַחְדָּ֛ו בַּכְּפִירִ֖ים בְּבִקְעַ֣ת אוֹנ֑וֹ וְהֵ֙מָּה֙ חֹֽשְׁבִ֔ים לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת לִ֖י רָעָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.sent Sanballat and Geshem to me (cmp) come and let.us.meet together at (the) Kephirim in the.plain of.Ono and they \[were\].planning to do to me harm

*JPS 1917:* that Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying: 'Come, let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono.' But they thought to do me mischief.

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[Nehemiah 2:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.2.19/)

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וַיִּשְׁמַע֩ סַנְבַלַּ֨ט הַחֹרֹנִ֜י וְטֹבִיָּ֣ה ׀ הָעֶ֣בֶד הָֽעַמּוֹנִ֗י וְגֶ֙שֶׁם֙ הָֽעַרְבִ֔י וַיַּלְעִ֣גוּ לָ֔נוּ וַיִּבְז֖וּ עָלֵ֑ינוּ וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ מָֽה־הַדָּבָ֤ר הַזֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אַתֶּ֣ם עֹשִׂ֔ים הַעַ֥ל הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אַתֶּ֥ם מֹרְדִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.heard Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant the Ammonite and Geshem the Arab and they.mocked (to) us and they.despised (on) us and they.said what? \[is\].the thing (the) this which you \[are\].doing ? on the king \[are\].you rebelling

*JPS 1917:* But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said: 'What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?'

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