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Name Geshem
Gender Feminine & Masculine
Scripts גֶשֶׁם, גשם
Pronounced Pron. GE-shem (Hebrew), gesh-em (Biblical Hebrew)
Other Forms FormsGashmu
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Meaning & History
The Hebrew word גֶּשֶׁם (géshem) means "rain".Geshem the Arab is a biblical figure occurring in the book of Nehemiah.>>GESHEM THE ARABIAN:>>Ally of Sanballat and Tobiah and adversary of Nehemiah (Neh. ii. 19, vi. 1). In Neh. vi. 6 he is called "Gashmu," which is probably more correct, as an Arab tribe named "Gushamu" is known (Cook, "Aramaic Glossary," s.v. ). When Nehemiah proceeded to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, the Samaritans and the Arabs made efforts to hinder him. Geshem or Gashmu, who probably was the chief of the Arabs, joined the Samaritans and accused Nehemiah of conspiracy against the Persian king.(Quoted from the 1906 edition of The Jewish Encyclopedia)