A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.2.19 § Geshem or Gashmu = "rain" an Arabian foe of Nehemiah
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H1654 — גֶּ֫שֶׁם
ge.shem · Geshem · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Nehemiah 2:19 · וְגֶ֙שֶׁם֙But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard [it], they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What [is] this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?Nehemiah 6:1 · וּלְגֶ֨שֶׁםNow it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and [that] there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)Nehemiah 6:2 · וְגֶ֙שֶׁם֙That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in [some one of] the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.Nehemiah 6:6 · וְגַשְׁמ֣וּWherein [was] written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith [it, that] thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words.