H1647 H1647
Gershom — personal name meaning 'sojourner there,' borne by Moses' firstborn and several Levites.
A proper masculine name explained by popular etymology as 'a stranger there' (from גֵּר שָׁם), first given by Moses to his firstborn son in Midian because 'I have been a sojourner in a foreign land' (Exod 2:22). The name reappears for a Levitical ancestor (1 Chr 6:16–17, often interchangeable with Gershon) and a descendant of Phinehas who returned with Ezra (Ezra 8:2). Spanish renders it 'Guersom/Gershom,' French varies between 'Guerschom' and 'Gershom,' reflecting the guttural and sibilant challenges this name poses across languages.
Senses
1. Gershom (personal name) — The Hebrew personal name Gershom (גֵּרְשֹׁם), etymologically linked to גּוּר ('to sojourn'). Primarily identifies Moses' firstborn (Exod 2:22, 18:3; Judg 18:30), but also a Levitical lineage head sometimes written Gershon (1 Chr 6:16–17; 15:7; 23:15–16; 26:24) and a returnee ancestor under Ezra (Ezra 8:2). The slight spelling variation between גֵּרְשֹׁם and גֵּרְשׁוֹם across manuscripts reflects standard orthographic fluidity in proper names. 14×
AR["جَرشوم", "جَرْشُومَ", "جَرْشُومُ", "جِرْشُومَ", "جِيرْشُوم", "لِجَرْشُونَ", "لِـ-جَرشوم"]·ben["-গের্শোমের", "গের্শোনের-জন্য", "গের্শোম", "গের্শোমের", "গের্শোমের"]·DE["Gerschom", "Gershom", "[גרשם]", "fuer-Gerschom"]·EN["Gershom", "to-Gershom", "to-Gershon"]·FR["Gershom", "Guerschom", "Guershom"]·heb["גרשום", "גרשם", "ל-גרשום", "ל-גרשון"]·HI["-के-गेर्शोम", "-गेर्शोम-का", "गēरशōम", "गेरशोम", "गेर्शोन", "गेर्शोम", "गेर्शोम-के"]·ID["-Gersom", "Gersom", "Gerson", "Milik-Gersom"]·IT["Gershom", "Ghershom", "Ghersom"]·jav["Gersom", "Gèrsom", "Tumrap-Gèrsom", "dhateng-Gèrson"]·KO["게르섬의", "게르소", "게르솜", "게르솜-에게", "게르솜-의", "게르숌", "게르쌌이니", "에게-게르소", "이"]·PT["De-Gershom", "Gershom", "Gershom,", "para-Gershon"]·RU["Гершом", "Гершома", "Гершону", "Гирсом", "для-Гершома"]·ES["De-Guersom", "Gershom", "Gershóm", "Gersón", "Guersom", "Guersón", "para-Gershón"]·SW["Gershom", "Gershomu", "Gershoni", "Kwa-Gershomu", "wa-Gershomu"]·TR["Gersom", "Gerşom", "Gerşom'a", "Gerşom'un", "Gerşon"]·urd["جیرسوم", "جیرسوم-کا", "جیرسوم-کے", "جیرسون", "جیرشوم", "جیرشوم-کا", "جیرشوم-کے", "جیرشُم", "کے-لیے-جیرشوم"]
Exod 2:22, Exod 18:3, Judg 18:30, 1 Chr 6:16, 1 Chr 6:17, 1 Chr 6:20, 1 Chr 6:43, 1 Chr 6:62, 1 Chr 6:71, 1 Chr 23:6, 1 Chr 23:15, 1 Chr 23:16 (+2 more)
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† גֵּרְשֹׁם n.pr.m. 1. son of Moses & Ṣipporah Ex 2:22 (expl. as if from גור) = 18:3; גֵּרְשׁוֹם 1 Ch 23:15, 16; 26:24; so also גֵּרְשֹׁם Ju 18:30 MT בֶּן־מְנַשֶּׁה cf. VB 2. a son of Levi גֵּרְשֹׁם 1 Ch 6:1, 28; 15:7 (cf. גֵּרְשׁוֹן); גֵּרְשׁוֹם 1 Ch 6:2, 5, 47, 56. 3. a son of Phinehas Ezr 8:2.