1 Kings 18:45:91 Kgs.18.45.W9TAB
גֶּ֣שֶׁם
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
- phraseyour reading level
GE-shem ga-DOL
- clause
va-ye-HI ad-KO ve-ad-KO ve-ha-sha-MA-yim hit-kad-de-RU a-VIM ve-RU-akh va-ye-HI GE-shem ga-DOL
- sentence
va-ye-HI ad-KO ve-ad-KO ve-ha-sha-MA-yim hit-kad-de-RU a-VIM ve-RU-akh va-ye-HI GE-shem ga-DOL va-yir-KAV akh-AV va-YE-lekh yiz-re-e-LA
Exegesis
A subsequent vav-consecutive in vayehi {וַיְהִי | wāyehî} connects to the nominal clause geshem gadol {גֶּשֶׁם גָּד֑וֹל | ge-šem gā-dôl} ‘great rain’, emphasizing magnitude. Finally, the vav-consecutive verbs vayirkav …
Root and etymology
g-š-mgimel–shin–mem
“rain, heavy precipitation”
In context — 1 Kings 18:45
And it happened, meanwhile, that the heavens became dark with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain ; and Ahab rode and went to Jezreel.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:45:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 18:45, so the Hebrew word גֶּ֣שֶׁם (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.18.45.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.45.W9.S1) and character.