Senses
1. rain, precipitation — General term for rain in all grammatical forms (singular, plural, construct, with article, conjunctions, prepositions, pronominal suffixes); consistently translated with the same base vocabulary across languages: eng 'rain', spa 'lluvia', hin 'varsha/barish', arb 'matar', kor 'bi', swa 'mvua'. 34×
AR["ال-مَطَرُ","ال-مَطَرِ","الـ-مَطَرِ","المَطَرَ","الْ-مَطَرُ","الْمَطَرُ","الْمَطَرُ.","جِشِم","مَطَرًا","مَطَرٌ","هَ-جَشِم","هَ-جِشِم","ٱلْمَطَرَ"]·ben["-বৃষ্টি","-বৃষ্টির","বৃষ্টি","বৃষ্টি-","বৃষ্টি।","বৃষ্টিতে","বৃষ্টির","বৃষ্টির।","সেই-বৃষ্টি"]·DE["Geschem","Regen","[גשם]","[הגשם]","der-Geschem","der-Regen"]·EN["of-rain","rain","the-rain"]·FR["[גשם]","[הגשם]","la-pluie","le-pluie","pluie"]·heb["גשם","ה-גשם"]·HI["ते-वर्षा","बारिश","वरशा","वर्षा","वर्षा-ה","वर्षा-के"]·ID["hujan"]·IT["[גשם]","[הגשם]","di-pioggia","il-il-pioggia","il-pioggia","pioggia"]·jav["ing-jawah","jawah","jawah-punika","taksih","udan"]·KO["그-비","그-비-가","그-비가","그-비를","그-비의","비","비-그","비-를","비가","비를"]·PT["a-chuva","chuva","de-chuva"]·RU["дождь","дождя","дождя.","дождём,"]·ES["la-lluvia","lluvia"]·SW["mvua"]·TR["-yağmur","günde","sel","yagmur","yagmurun","yağmur","yağmuru","yağmurun"]·urd["-بارش-کو","بارش","بارش-سے","بارش-کے","ہ-بارش","ہ-بارش-کا"]
Gen 7:12, Gen 8:2, Lev 26:4, 1 Kgs 17:7, 1 Kgs 17:14, 1 Kgs 18:41, 1 Kgs 18:44, 1 Kgs 18:45, 2 Kgs 3:17, Ezra 10:9, Ezra 10:13, Job 37:6 (+22 more)
2. downpour, heavy rain — An intense or heavy rainfall event, distinguished from ordinary rain by different vocabulary across all six languages: eng 'downpour' (not 'rain'), spa 'aguacero' (not 'lluvia'), hin 'menh' (not 'varsha'), arb 'ghayth' (not 'matar'), kor 'sonagi' (not 'bi'), confirming a genuinely distinct lexical sense. 1×
AR["غَيْثٍ"]·ben["জলের"]·DE["Geschem"]·EN["downpour"]·FR["pluie"]·heb["גשם"]·HI["मेंह"]·ID["lebat"]·IT["pioggia"]·jav["deras"]·KO["소나기를"]·PT["aguaceiro"]·RU["ливень"]·ES["aguacero"]·SW["mvua"]·TR["sağanak"]·urd["مینھ-کی"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. גֶּ֫שֶׁם n.m. Gn 7:12 rain, shower (NH id., conn. wi. above √ dub.)—abs. ג׳ Gn 7:12 +; גָּ֑שֶׁם 1 K 18:41 +; cstr. גֶּשֶׁם Jb 37:6(×2) +; pl. גְּשָׁמִים Ezr 10:9, 13; cstr. גִּשְׁמֵי Ez 34:26; sf. גִּשְׁמֵיכֶם Lv 26:4; גִּשְׁמֵיהֶם ψ 105:32;—rain, shower Gn 7:12; 8:2 (both J) Lv 26:4 (H) Ho 6:3 Am 4:7; Je 5:24; 14:4; Is 44:14; 55:10; Ez 1:28 Jo 2:23 (‖ מוֹרֶה, מַלְקוֹשׁ); 1 K 17:7, 14;…