geshem · Geshem, Gashmu

What it means

geshem (גֶּשֶׁם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Geshem, Gashmu”.

Geshem: the name of an Arab leader who, with Sanballat and Tobiah, opposed Nehemiah's building of the wall. In Nehemiah 6:6 he appears as "Gashmu".

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Geshem ×3
• Gashmu ×1

Where it appears

• Nehemiah 2:19

  But Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arab heard of it, and they mocked us and despised us, and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”

• Nehemiah 6:1

  It happened that when it was heard by Sanballat and Tobiah, and by Geshem the Arab and by the rest of our enemies that I had built the wall and no breach was left in it —though up to that time I had not set up doors in the gates—

• Nehemiah 6:2

  Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come, and let us meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono.” But they were planning to do me harm.

• Nehemiah 6:6

  In it was written, “Among the nations it has been heard, and Gashmu says it: you and the Jews are planning to rebel; therefore you are building the wall; and you are to become their king, according to these words.