גשם

Compare Ugaritic 𐎂𐎌𐎎 (gšm, “rain, downpour”). The sense "body" (and, by extension, "substance") is first attested in Aramaic parts of the Book of Daniel and later gained currency in Medieval Hebrew. This sense appears to represent a borrowing from Aramaic, for which compare Classical Syriac ܓܘܫܡܐ and confer Arabic جِسْم (jism).

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ɡaʃm/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈɡeʃem/

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גֶּשֶׁם • (géshem) m (plural indefinite גְּשָׁמִים, singular construct גֶּשֶׁם־, plural construct גִּשְׁמֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. (meteorology) rain

   Synonym: מָטָר (matár)

2. (Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew) shower, heavy rain
3. flood
4. (Medieval Hebrew) body
5. substance

• H1653 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• H1655 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Klein, Ernest (1987) “גֶּשֶׁם”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 111a
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎^[2], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 274a
• “גשם” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

• גשם on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he