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/gerr"sheuhm/, n.the elder son of Moses and Zipporah. Ex. 18:3.
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Gershom — (oft auch: Gerschom oder Gersom) war im Alten Testament der älteste Sohn von Moses. „Ich bin ein Gast geworden in fremdem Lande“ (2.Mose 18,3) Gershom wurde auf der Sinaihalbinsel geboren, als sein Vater Moses auf der Flucht vor den Ägyptern… … Deutsch Wikipedia
GERSHOM — (Heb. גֵּרְשׁוֹם, גֵּרְשֹׁם), elder son of Moses and Zipporah (Ex. 2:22; 18:3). Gershom was born in Midian. The meaning of the name is unknown, but is explained as a stranger there, symbolizing Moses flight from Egypt. According to I Chronicles… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Gershom — m Biblical: name borne by a son of Moses (Exodus 2: 22). The name possibly means ‘exile’ (i.e. a person in exile) in Hebrew, but it is usually interpreted as ‘sojourner’, from Hebrew ger sham meaning ‘a stranger there’ … First names dictionary
GERSHOM — fil. Phinees. 1. Esd. c. 8. v. 2 … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Gershom — This page is about the firstborn son of Moses. For the son of Levi, see Gershon. According to the Bible, Gershom (] .The later Books of Chronicles identify Shebuel as being one of Gershom s son s [] , which could alternatively be taken as stating … Wikipedia
Gershom — This most unusual name is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a variant, metathesized form of the more familiar locational surname Gresham, from the place so called near Sheringham in Norfolk. The place is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as… … Surnames reference
Gershom — Expulsion. 1) The eldest son of Levi (1 Chr. 6:16, 17, 20, 43, 62, 71; 15:7)=GERSHON (q.v.). 2) The elder of the two sons of Moses born to him in Midian (Ex. 2:22; 18:3). On his way to Egypt with his family, in obedience to the command… … Easton's Bible Dictionary
Gershom Scholem — (* 5. Dezember 1897 in Berlin als Gerhard Scholem; † 21. Februar 1982 in Jerusalem) war ein jüdischer Religionshistoriker, der in Ivrith, Deutsch und Englisch über 500 Werke publizierte. Er hatte ab 1933 einen Lehrstuhl zur Erforschung der… … Deutsch Wikipedia
GERSHOM BEN JUDAH ME'OR HA-GOLAH — (c. 960–1028), one of the first great German talmudic scholars and a spiritual molder of German Jewry. Few biographical details are known of Gershom, most of the stories about him being of a legendary nature. He was apparently born in Metz, but… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Gershom ben Judah — Gershom ben Judah, (c. 960 1040? 1028?) best known as Rabbeinu Gershom (Hebrew: רבנו גרשום, Our teacher Gershom ) and also commonly known to scholars of Judaism by the title Rabbeinu Gershom Me Or Hagolah ( Our teacher Gershom the light of the… … Wikipedia
Gershom Mott — (April 7, 1822 ndash; November 29, 1884) was a United States Army officer and a General in the Union Army, a commander in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.Early lifeGeneral Mott was born in Lamberton, New Jersey, a town outside of… … Wikipedia
