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title: גֹּשֶׁם — rain · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גֹּשֶׁם (1656), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: rain. BDB 1906: vb. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גֹּשֶׁם

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«גֹּשֶׁם» 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 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 1656 · **BDB:** גֹּ֫שֶׁם

### Glosses

rain (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1656/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1656/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] גֻּשְֿׁמָהּ Ez 22:24 (or גִּשְׁמָהּ from גֶּשֶׁם?) according to punct.; but cf. sub גשׁם vb.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 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 «גֹּשֶׁם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1656/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 22:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.22.24/)

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בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם אֱמָר־לָ֕הּ אַ֣תְּ אֶ֔רֶץ לֹ֥א מְטֹהָרָ֖ה הִ֑יא לֹ֥א גֻשְׁמָ֖הּ בְּי֥וֹם זָֽעַם׃

*Word for word:* O.son of.humankind say to it you \[are\].a.land \[which\].not \[is\].cleansed it not rain its in a.day of.indignation

*JPS 1917:* 'Son of man, say unto her: Thou art a land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.

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