Lexicon
גֹּ֫שֶׁם
go.shem
H1656
H:N-M Hebrew

rain

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go.shem denotes rain in the image of a land on which rain does not fall.

The attested use denotes rain as something that does not fall upon a land in the verse's description of its condition.

Senses in use

  1. Rainfall withheld from a land · dominant

    In Ezekiel 22:24, the construct singular noun occurs in the clause describing a land upon which rain does not fall. The APB renders the verse, “You are a land that is not cleansed; rain does not fall upon you in the day of indignation.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ezekiel 22:24, the APB presents the clause with “rain does not fall upon you.” This shows the verse's presentation rather than a precise token-by-token rendering.

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