גְּשֵׁם
ge.shem (H1655)
body
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# Analysis of גְּשֵׁם (Geshem) The Hebrew word *geshem* carries the meaning of "body" and appears five times throughout the biblical text. This limited occurrence suggests the word held a specific rather than general purpose in Hebrew discourse, likely reserved for particular theological or narrative contexts where the concept of the physical body required distinct terminology. The rarity of *geshem*—appearing only five times compared to more frequent terms for body—indicates it was not the default vocabulary choice for discussing the human form. This selective usage pattern suggests the word may have carried specialized connotations or been employed in specific genres or time periods within the biblical corpus. Without access to the particular passages where it appears, the precise contexts remain undetermined, but the sparse distribution implies *geshem* represented a deliberate lexical choice rather than common parlance. The word's definition as "body" places it within the semantic field of physical embodiment, though its exact relationship to other Hebrew terms for body, flesh, or form cannot be determined from the provided data alone. Its presence in the biblical vocabulary demonstrates that Hebrew speakers had multiple options for expressing concepts of physicality, with *geshem* constituting one such option, apparently reserved for particular communicative purposes.
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The local governors, the deputies, and the governors, and the king’s counselors, being gathered together, saw these men, that the fire had no power on their bodies. The hair of their head wasn’t singed. Their pants weren’t changed, the smell of fire wasn’t even on them.
Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel, and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
This was fulfilled the same hour on Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven from men, and ate grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the sky, until his hair had grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws.
He was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the animals’, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. He was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the sky; until he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and that he sets up over it whomever he will.
“I watched at that time because of the voice of the great words which the horn spoke. I watched even until the animal was slain, and its body destroyed, and it was given to be burned with fire.