The meaning of “גֹּמֶא”
Understanding gômeʼ reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
(bul-) rush. - properly, an absorbent, i.e. the bulrush (from its porosity) - specifically the papyrus 1) rush, reed, pa...
גֹּמֶא
(bul-) rush. - properly, an absorbent, i.e. the bulrush (from its porosity) - specifically the papyrus 1) rush, reed, papyrus
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Exodus 2:3 | “And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.” Word: גֹּמֶא (gômeʼ) | |
| Job 8:11 | “Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?” Word: גֹּמֶא (gômeʼ) | |
| Isaiah 18:2 | “That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!” Word: גֹּמֶא (gômeʼ) | |
| Isaiah 35:7 | “And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.” Word: גֹּמֶא (gômeʼ) |