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גְּשֻׁם גִּשְׁמָא‏ n.m. body

body BA^Dan, Gal, CPA, Syr, BabMBK, Man, LJLA. Dan3:27 : לָא־שְׁלֵט נוּרָא בְּגֶשְׁמְהוֹן‏ the fire had no power over their body. Dan4:30 : מִטַּל שְׁמַיָּא גִּשְׁמֵהּ יִצְטַבַּע‏ his body will be kept moist by the dew of heaven. TgJ 2K19:34tos : מחת יקידת נשמתא וגושמא קיים‏ a blow inflaming the life-force while the body remains untouched. PJ Num19:11 : דיקרב בישכיבא לכל בר נשא ואפילו לוולדא בר ירחין לגושמיה ובדמיה‏ whoever goes near a dead person or even a few-months old newborn, to his body or his blood.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 137b; DJBA: 273a; Jastrow: 274; Levy Ch-W: 1:157; Cook,Qumran: 46;

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Derivatives:

gwšmh, gwšmtˀ n.f. body