גֹּמֶד
gomed · short cubit, span
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1574 · appears 1 time in the Bible
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gomed (גֹּמֶד) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “short cubit, span”.
A short measure of length, somewhat less than a cubit; it appears only here.
How to say it
go·med
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.
Its senses in the Bible
- A short measure: from the bend of the arm to the knuckles of a fist.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Judges 3:16
Ehud made for himself a sword; it had two edges, a cubit in length, and he strapped it under his clothes, on his right thigh.