1 Kings 17:14:181 Kgs.17.14.W18TAB
גֶּ֖שֶׁם
geshem
“rain”
- Transliteration
- GE-shem
- Extended
- GEH-shehm
- IPA
- /ˈɡɛ.ʃɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- rain
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
GE-shem
- clause
AD YOM ti-TEN-TET-ye-ho-VAH GE-shem al-pe-NE ha-a-da-MA
- sentence
KI KHO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL KAD ha-KE-makh LO tikh-LA ve-tsap-PA-khat ha-SHE-men LO tekh-SAR AD YOM ti-TEN-TET-ye-ho-VAH GE-shem al-pe-NE ha-a-da-MA
Root and etymology
g-sh-mGimel–Shin–Mem
“rain”
In context — 1 Kings 17:14
For thus says the LORD , the God of Israel : The jar of flour will not be used up, and the jug of oil will not be lacking, until the day the LORD gives rain upon the face of the ground.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:14:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Kings 17:14, so the Hebrew word גֶּ֖שֶׁם (geshem) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.17.14.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.14.W18.S1) and character.