גשם

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ג־שׁ־ם (g-sh-m)

Compare Ugaritic 𐎂𐎌𐎎 (gšm, “rain, downpour”).

Noun

גֶּשֶׁם • (géshem) m (plural indefinite גְּשָׁמִים, singular construct גֶּשֶׁם־, plural construct גִּשְׁמֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. rain
2. flood
3. substance

Synonyms

• מָטָר

Derived terms

• ירד גשם

References

• H1653 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Further reading

• גשם on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he