Geshem
Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem
the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had
builded the wall, and [that] there was no breach left therein;
(though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the
gates;)...
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But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the
Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard [it], they laughed us
to scorn, and despised us, and said, What [is] this thing that
ye do? will ye rebel against the king?...
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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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(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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ge'-shem (geshem, gashmu; Gesam, "rain storm"): An Arabian,
probably chief of an Arabian tribe that had either settled in
Southern Israel during the exile in Babylon, or had been
settled in or near Samaria by Sargon (Neh 2:19; 6:1,2,6). He
was a confederate of Sanballat and Tobiah, and strenuously
opposed the building of the wall under Nehemia...
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Also called GASHMU, an Arabian
-Opposed Nehemiah in building Jerusalem
Ne 2:19; 6:1-6...
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and Gash'mu (rain), an Arabian, mentioned in Ne 2:19 and Nehe
6:1,2,6 (B.C. 446.) We may conclude that he was an inhabitant
of Arabia Petraea or of the Arabian desert, and probably the
chief of a tribe." Gashum said it" made him a type of those
who create a common report....
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or Gashmu, firmness, probably chief of the Arabs south of
Israel, one of the enemies of the Jews after the
return from
Babylon (Neh. 2:19; 6:1, 2). He united with Sanballat
and Tobiah
in opposing the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem....
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An Arab who, with Sanballat of Horonaim, and Tobiah the
servant, the Ammonite, opposed Nehemiah in repairing
Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 2:19; Nehemiah 6:1, etc.) Frustrated in
this as well as in the plot against Nehemiah's life. It was
for the interest of the wandering marauders of the frontier of
Israel to prevent its restoration as a kingdom....
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