1573. gome
Lexicon
gome: Reed, Papyrus

Original Word: גֹּמֶאִ
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: gome'
Pronunciation: go'-meh
Phonetic Spelling: (go'-meh)
KJV: (bul-)rush
NASB: papyrus, rushes, wicker
Word Origin: [from H1572 (גָּמָא - drink)]

1. (properly) an absorbent, i.e. the bulrush (from its porosity)
2. specifically the papyrus

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
bulrush

From gama'; properly, an absorbent, i.e. The bulrush (from its porosity); specifically the papyrus -- (bul-)rush.

see HEBREW gama'

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from gama
Definition
a rush, reed, papyrus
NASB Translation
papyrus (2), rushes (1), wicker (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
גֹּ֫מֶא noun masculineJob 8:11 rush, reed, papyrus (compare Löwp. 55) (Late Hebrew גּוֺמֶא, Ethiopic loan-word, according to Di; — name from swallowing, sucking up, water? so Thes, compare Che Isaiah 18:2 and elsewhere; = Coptic gome, see Di Exodus 2:3 whence others derive as loan-word) — גֹּ֫מֶא Exodus 2:3 3t.; — rush, paper-reed, (Egyptian) Job 8:11 ("" אָחוּ); collective Isaiah 35:7 ("" קָנֶה); as material, ׳תֵּבַת ג Exodus 2:3 chest of paper-reed; ׳כְּלֵיגֿ Isaiah 18:2 vessels of paper-reed.

גמד (√ of following; compare Arabic congeal, become solid; be hard, stern; also cut, cut off; Aramaic גְּמַד contract; Aph`el be bold, daring).

Forms and Transliterations
גֹּ֔מֶא גֹּ֭מֶא גֹמֶא֮ גמא וָגֹֽמֶא׃ וגמא׃ gō·me ḡō·me Gome gōme ḡōme vaGome wā·ḡō·me wāḡōme
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Exodus 2:3
HEB: לוֹ֙ תֵּ֣בַת גֹּ֔מֶא וַתַּחְמְרָ֥ה בַחֵמָ֖ר
NAS: she got him a wicker basket
KJV: for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed
INT: got basket A wicker and covered tar

Job 8:11
HEB: הֲיִֽגְאֶה־ גֹּ֭מֶא בְּלֹ֣א בִצָּ֑ה
NAS: Can the papyrus grow up without
KJV: Can the rush grow up without mire?
INT: grow the papyrus without swamp

Isaiah 18:2
HEB: צִירִ֗ים וּבִכְלֵי־ גֹמֶא֮ עַל־ פְּנֵי־
NAS: by the sea, Even in papyrus vessels
KJV: even in vessels of bulrushes upon
INT: envoys vessels papyrus on the surface

Isaiah 35:7
HEB: חָצִ֖יר לְקָנֶ֥ה וָגֹֽמֶא׃
NAS: Grass [becomes] reeds and rushes.
KJV: with reeds and rushes.
INT: Grass reeds and rushes

4 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 1573
4 Occurrences


gō·me — 3 Occ.
wā·ḡō·me — 1 Occ.

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