Genesis 8:2:7Gen.8.2.W7TAB
הַגֶּ֖שֶׁם
hageshem
“the rain”
- Transliteration
- ha-GE-shem
- Extended
- hah-GEH-shehm
- IPA
- /ha.ˈgɛ.ʃɛm/
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 | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ha-GE-shem
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-ka-LE ha-GE-shem
- clause
va-yik-ka-LE ha-GE-shem min-ha-sha-MA-yim
- sentence
va-yis-sa-khe-RU ma-ye-NOT te-HOM va-a-rub-BOT ha-sha-MA-yim va-yik-ka-LE ha-GE-shem min-ha-sha-MA-yim
Exegesis
The following wayyiqtol vayikale {וַיִּכָּלֵ֥א | wayyikkālēʾ} ‘and was restrained’ introduces hageshem {הַגֶּ֖שֶׁם | haggešem} ‘the rain’ with the prepositional phrase min-haššāmayim {מִן־הַשָּׁמָֽיִם | min-haššāmayim} ‘from the heavens.’ The repetition of hashamayim frames the closure and restraint within the cosmic domain, and the Nifal aspect in both verbs conveys divine agency in halting the deluge.
Root and etymology
g-sh-mgimel-shin-mem
“rain, heavy precipitation”
In context — Genesis 8:2
The springs of the deep were closed off, the windows of the heavens were shut, and the rain from the heavens was held back.
About this coordinate
Genesis 8:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 8:2, so the Hebrew word הַגֶּ֖שֶׁם (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 Gen.8.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.8.2.W7.S1) and character.