Lexicon gome: a rush, reed, papyrus Original Word: גֹּ֫מֶאPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: gome Phonetic Spelling: (go'-meh) Short Definition: papyrus NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom gamaDefinitiona rush, reed, papyrus NASB Translationpapyrus (2), rushes (1), wicker (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs גֹּ֫מֶא noun masculineJob 8:11 rush, reed, papyrus (compare Löw p. 55) (Late Hebrew גּוֺמֶא, Ethiopic  loan-word, according to Di; — name from swallowing, sucking up, water? so Thes, compare Che Isaiah 18:2 and elsewhere; = Coptic gome, see Di Exodus 2:3 whence others derive as loan-word) — גֹּ֫מֶא Exodus 2:3 3t.; — rush, paper-reed, (Egyptian) Job 8:11 ("" אָחוּ); collective Isaiah 35:7 ("" קָנֶה); as material, ׳תֵּבַת ג Exodus 2:3 chest of paper-reed; ׳כְּלֵיגֿ Isaiah 18:2 vessels of paper-reed. גמד (√ of following; compare Arabic  congeal, become solid; be hard, stern; also cut, cut off; Aramaic גְּמַד contract; Aph`el be bold, daring).
Strong's bulrush From gama'; properly, an absorbent, i.e. The bulrush (from its porosity); specifically the papyrus -- (bul-)rush. see HEBREW gama' |
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