1 Kings 17:7:81 Kgs.17.7.W8TAB
גֶ֖שֶׁם
geshem
“rain”
- Transliteration
- GE-shem
- Extended
- GEH-shehm
- IPA
- /ˈɣɛʃɛm/
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
- phraseyour reading level
LO-ha-YA GE-shem
- clause
KI LO-ha-YA GE-shem ba-A-rets
- sentence
va-ye-HI mik-KETS ya-MIM va-yi-VASH ha-na-KHAL KI LO-ha-YA GE-shem ba-A-rets
Exegesis
The conjunction kî {כִּ֛י | kî} introduces the causal clause lō-hāyâ gešêm bā-ʾāreṣ {לֹא־הָיָ֥ה גֶשֶׁם בָּאָֽרֶץ | lō-hāyâ gešêm bā-ʾāreṣ} ‘for there was no rain in the land’; lō-hāyâ indicates negated existence. The sequential coordination of temporal and causal clauses highlights cause and effect. The translation preserves Hebrew clause order by placing the temporal phrase first and linking the causal clause with “because.”
Root and etymology
ג-ש-ם
“to rain, pour down”
In context — 1 Kings 17:7
And it happened after some days that the brook dried up because there was no rain in the land .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 17:7, so the Hebrew word גֶ֖שֶׁם (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.17.7.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.7.W8.S1) and character.