H1574 H1574
short cubit, gomed (from elbow to knuckles of clenched fist)
This measurement term appears only in describing Ehud's concealed dagger. Unlike the standard cubit (elbow to fingertip), the gomed measured from elbow to the knuckles of a clenched fist—roughly 12-15 inches. The shorter measurement was crucial to Ehud's strategy: a blade small enough to hide under clothing yet large enough to be lethal. This specialized term reflects ancient Near Eastern precision in measurement vocabulary.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — Judges 3:16 specifies Ehud's weapon as 'a gomed in length'—short enough to strap to his right thigh under his garment, undetected by guards. The term's specificity matters: this wasn't a standard dagger but a custom-made assassination tool, sized to a particular measurement. The Greek pygmē (fist-length) captures the same contracted measurement idea. The word appears nowhere else in Scripture, preserved solely to describe this deadly instrument of deliverance. 1×
AR["ذِراعٌ"]·ben["এক-হাত"]·DE["ein-cubit"]·EN["a-cubit"]·FR["une-coudée"]·heb["גומד"]·HI["बित्ते"]·ID["hasta"]·IT["un-cubit"]·jav["siku"]·KO["손보뒤"]·PT["côvado"]·RU["локоть"]·ES["gómed"]·SW["dhiraa"]·TR["bir-karış"]·urd["بالشت"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
† גֹּ֫מֶד n.m. shortcubit (from elbow to knuckles of clenched (contracted) hand; Aq on Ez 27:11, Ra al.; Gk. πυγμή; NH גּוֹמֶד cubit; so Aramaic גַּרְמִידָא ChWB 1. 155, ܓܰܪܡܺܝܕܳܐ (lexx.))—Ju 3:16 of Ehud’s sword ג׳ אָרְכָּהּ (v GFM).