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H1634

גֶּ֫רֶם

ge.remH:N-M

bone

1) bone, strength, bare?, self? 1a) bone 1b) strength, strong-boned 1c) self?, bare? (of stairs) Aramaic equivalent: ge.rem (גְּרַם "bone" H1635)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

גֶּ֫רֶם noun [masculine] bone, strength, self (?) (Arabic body, Aramaic גְּרַם, bone, self) — absolute גָּ֑רֶם Gen 49:14 + 2 t.; construct גֶּרֶם 2Kgs 9:13 suffix גְּרָמָיו Job 40:18

1. bone Prov 17:22 (collective) Prov 25:15 of behemoth (hippopotamus) Job 40:18 (|| עצם q. v.)
2. strength Gen 49:14 חֲמֹר גָּ֑רֶם strong ass (literally bony, so VB).
3. self (compare עצם), 2Kgs 9:13 גֶּרֶם הַמַּעֲלוֺת so Ges Ew Ke, but text dubious, see conjectures in Klo.

[גְּרַם] noun [masculine] bone (Biblical Hebrew גֶּ֫רֶם; Christian-Palestinian Aramaic SchulthLex. 46); — plural suffix גַּרְמֵיהוֺן Dan 6:25.

3 occurrences

Genesis (1), II Kings (1), Job (1)