Bible Names A-G
Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the
house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of
Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the
new gate of the LORD'S house, in the ears of all the people....
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And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom
Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in
Pharaoh's household among the sons of Pharaoh....
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That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us
meet together in [some one of] the villages in the plain of
Ono. But they thought to do me mischief....
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Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar;
Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush....
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And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither
shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you....
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And the children of Gershon [had] by lot out of the families
of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and
out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of
Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities....
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A gerah Hebrew "גרה" is an ancient Hebrew unit of weight and
currency. One gerah is one-twentieth of a shekel. A shekel
being 180 barleycorns or 60 carob divided by 20 = 3 carob.
This is 0.568 grams.
A gerah is in Aramaic a ma'ah "מעה" (pl. ma'ot "מעות" which
means "money"). It was originally a fifth of a Denarius/Zuz as
seen in Exodus ("20 ge...
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And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the
congregation [shall be] the tabernacle, and the tent, the
covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation,...
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And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb;
and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at
the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the
heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan....
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(גשם) is one of the Hebrew words for "rain," applied mostly to
the heavy rains which occur in Israel in the fall and winter.
This half of the year is called in the Mishnah "yemot ha-
geshamin" (days of rains). In the liturgy of the German-Polish
ritual "Geshem" stands for the piyyuṭim which in the Mussaf or
additional service for the Eighth Fes...
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