1 Kings 18:44:171 Kgs.18.44.W17TAB
הַגָּֽשֶׁם׃
hageshem
“the rain”
- Transliteration
- ha-GE-shem
- Extended
- hah-GEH-shehm
- IPA
- /hagˈgɛʃɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the rain
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ha-GE-shem
- clause
va-yo-MER a-LE e-MOR el-akh-AV e-SOR va-RED ve-LO ya-tsar-KHA ha-GE-shem
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-she-vi-IT va-yo-MER hin-NE-AV ke-tan-NA ke-KAF-ISH O-LA mi-YAM va-yo-MER a-LE e-MOR el-akh-AV e-SOR va-RED ve-LO ya-tsar-KHA ha-GE-shem
Exegesis
The purpose clause wə-lōʾ yaʿaṣarkā ha-gāšem {וְלֹ֥א יַעַצָרְכָ֖ה הַגָּשֶׁם | wə-lōʾ yaʿaṣarkā ha-gāšem} ‘so that the rain will not hinder you’ underscores Elijah’s role in facilitating divine provision.
Root and etymology
g-sh-mgshm
“rain”
In context — 1 Kings 18:44
And it happened at the seventh that he said, “Behold, a small cloud like the palm of a man is rising from the sea.” And he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Hitch your chariot and go down, so that the rain does not stop you.’”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:44:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 1 Kings 18:44, so the Hebrew word הַגָּֽשֶׁם׃ (hageshem) 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.18.44.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.44.W17.S1) and character.