Gershom
ge.re.shom is a personal name used for a newborn and in family, ancestry, and tribal identifications.
The term functions as a proper personal name, especially in family and genealogical identifications. Exodus 2:22 places it in the naming of a newborn, while 1 Chronicles 23:16 and Judges 18:30 use it within stated parent-child relationships.
Senses in use
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Personal name in family and lineage statements · dominant
All supplied tokens are tagged Noun · Proper. In Exodus 2:22 the APB renders the naming of a son as “Gershom”; in 1 Chronicles 23:16 it renders Shebuel as the son of Gershom, and in Judges 18:30 it identifies Jonathan as son of Gershom.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the name as “Gershom” in the birth and lineage clauses, including Exodus 2:22 and Judges 18:30. Some supplied Chronicles verses have APB wording that does not visibly show the name, so the translation cannot be read as a gloss of the term.